They rejoice in the possession of their own wisdom and virtue.

They are satisfied that they shall ever enjoy the fulness of eternal pleasures.
XX.

Such a Deity may properly be called happy; but yours is a most laborious God.

For let us suppose the world a Deity--what can be a more uneasy state than, without the least cessation, to be whirled about the axle-tree of heaven with a surprising celerity?
But nothing can be happy that is not at ease.

Or let us suppose a Deity residing in the world, who directs and governs it, who preserves the courses of the stars, the changes of the seasons, and the vicissitudes and orders of things, surveying the earth and the sea, and accommodating them to the advantage and necessities of man.