Thus the same reason, the same verity, the same law, which ordains good and prohibits evil, exists in the Gods as it does in men.

From them, consequently, we have prudence and understanding, for which reason our ancestors erected temples to the Mind, Faith, Virtue, and Concord.

Shall we not then allow the Gods to have these perfections, since we worship the sacred and august images of them?
But if understanding, faith, virtue, and concord reside in human kind, how could they come on earth, unless from heaven?
And if we are possessed of wisdom, reason, and prudence, the Gods must have the same qualities in a greater degree; and not only have them, but employ them in the best and greatest works.

The universe is the best and greatest work; therefore it must be governed by the wisdom and providence of the Gods.
Lastly, as we have sufficiently shown that those glorious and luminous bodies which we behold are Deities--I mean the sun, the moon, the fixed and wandering stars, the firmament, and the world itself, and those other things also which have any singular virtue, and are of any great utility to human kind--it follows that all things are governed by providence and a divine mind.

But enough has been said on the first part.
XXXII.