The imaginary and insubstantial thing that Naturalists call Nature, if it has an external reality, can at the very most be work of art; It cannot be the Artist, it is an embroidery, and cannot be the Embroiderer. It is a set of decrees, and cannot be the Issuer of the decrees.
It is a body of the laws of creation, and cannot be the Lawgiver. It is but a created screen to the dignity of God, and cannot be the Creator. It is passive and created, and cannot be a Creative Maker. It is a law, not a power, and cannot possess power. It is the recipient, and cannot be the source.