60# 上帝之所以能够觉知、看见并洞悉一切顺着秩序发生的事，直至最细微的分殊，是因为神性秩序乃是由至微的个别存有所构成的普遍整体。一切个别事物汇聚归一，便称为普遍；正如一切特殊事物彼此联结，便称为共同体。
普遍整体与其内含的至微个别事物，彼此贯通相连、浑然为一；整体之中，没有任何一处能够单独被触动、被影响，而不将感应传递至其余所有部分。
宇宙秩序本具这般贯通合一的特质，故此受造万物之中，皆存有相似的法则。这一真理，可藉由世间可见的物象类比阐明。
人体整体之中，既有共通的整体性构造，亦有专属的特殊性构造；整体性构造包容、统摄一切特殊构造，并藉由严密的联结彼此调和，使各部分互为依存、浑然一体。究其根源，乃是有一种共通的包覆体系环绕全身每一个肢体，且深入渗透至各个细微部分，使身体各部在一切功用、运作之中协同合一。
譬如，每一块肌肉的包膜都会深入每一根运动纤维，将其全然包覆；肝、胰、脾脏的包膜，亦渗透其内部一切构造；肺部的包膜，即胸膜，深入肺腑内层；心包则包裹、渗透心脏的一切细微结构。简言之，腹膜亦藉由机体吻合之处，与所有内脏的包膜贯通相连。
大脑的脑膜亦是如此：脑膜延伸出纤细丝缕，渗入下方一切腺体，再经由腺体通达所有身体纤维，最终凭借纤维贯通整副身体的每一处。正因如此，头部藉由大脑，统管身体一切从属部分及其所有细微功用。
列举此等可见的人体构造例证，旨在使人透过有形之物，领会无形的属天真理：上帝如何顺着神性秩序，全然觉知、彻见、洞悉世间万事万物，直至最细微的分殊。
60# 神感知、看到和知道照着秩序发生的一切，甚至直到最小的细节，因为当秩序在最小的细节里面时，它就是普遍的，这些最小的细节合起来就被称为普遍，正如具体细节合起来就被称为总体。包括其最小细节的普遍性就是一件连贯为一体的作品，以至于没有一个部分能被触动和影响，除非对它的某种感觉蔓延至其余所有部分，或说这种感觉流回到其余的部分。这就是宇宙秩序的性质或品质，世上的一切受造物都有与之相似的某种东西，或有它的样式。但这一点要通过取自可见事物的对比或例子来说明。整个人体里面有总体的连接膜和个体部分；膜包裹个体部分，形成如此彻底的连接，以至于它们成为彼此的一部分，或彼此相互依存。这是通过包围身体的每个部分的一种共同的膜实现的；这种膜将个体部分包裹在里面，使它们在一切功能和功用中都行如一体。例如，每块肌肉周围的膜都延伸到单根运动纤维之间，并用自身将它们包裹起来。肝、胰、脾周围的膜也延伸到这些器官里面的内在较小部分；被称为胸膜的肺部周围的膜以同样的方式延伸到肺部的内层，或肺部内的个体部分，就像心包膜延伸到心脏的每一个和一切部分一样；同样，腹膜一般通过与所有脏腑相吻合而进入所有部分。脑膜也是如此，这些膜通过突出的细丝延伸到下面所有的腺体，再通过腺体延伸到所有纤维，又通过这些纤维延伸到身体的所有部分或每一个事物。头部正是以这种方式通过大脑掌控从属于它的一切。引用这些实例，只是为了通过可见事物可以对神如何感知，看到和知道照着秩序发生的一切事，甚至直到最微小的事形成某种观念。
60. God is aware of, sees, and knows everything down to the least detail that happens in keeping with the divine design because it is a universal design that encompasses the smallest individual designs. (Individual things taken collectively are called universal, just as particular instances are collectively called something common or general.)
The universal design with [all] its individual designs is a masterwork so well connected together into one thing that you cannot touch or affect one part without something of a sensation flowing back to the others. Every created thing in this world has something comparable to this quality of the divine design in the universe.
Comparisons with observable phenomena will shed light on this. Throughout a human being, there are connective membranes and individual parts. The membranes enclose the individual parts, creating such a thorough connection that they become part of each other. This is accomplished through a common membrane around every unit in the body. This membrane wraps around the individual parts inside so that they act in a unified way to do whatever function or service that unit provides.
For example, the membrane around each muscle extends between individual motor fibers and wraps them with itself. The membrane around the liver, the membrane around the pancreas, and the membrane around the spleen also extend into the smaller parts inside these organs. The membrane around the lungs, called the pleura, extends in a similar way into the individual parts inside the lungs, as the pericardium also extends into each and every part of the heart. Likewise the peritoneum in general goes through anastomoses [points of communication] to join with all the membranes around individual organs. The same is also true of the meninges, the membranes around the brain. Using projecting filaments, these membranes extend into all the glands below, and extend through the glands into fibers, and through the fibers into every single thing in the body. This is how the head uses the brains to control everything under its power.
The sole purpose in mentioning these examples is to show you observable phenomena, so that you may have some idea of how God is aware of, sees, and knows everything down to the least detail that happens in keeping with the divine design.
60. The reason God perceives, sees and knows down to the tiniest detail everything that happens according to order is that a universal order is made up of the smallest details. The details taken together are called a universal principle, just as the particulars taken together are called a general principle. The universal principle together with its smallest details make up a single coherent unit, so that one part cannot be touched or acted upon without some sensation being transmitted to the whole. This characteristic of the order of the universe produces similar effects in all created things in the world; but this will be illustrated by comparisons taken from observable objects.
Throughout the human body there are general and particular parts, the general serving to wrap up the particular, and fitting together so snugly that each belongs to the other. This effect is the result of each member in the body having a general sheath, which is so intimately connected with each part that for the purpose of any function or use they act as one.
[2] For example, the sheath of any muscle is connected to each of the motor fibres, and forms itself into a coating for them. Similarly the sheath of the liver, pancreas and spleen is connected to the separate parts within them, and the sheath of the lungs, called the pleura, is connected to its inner parts. So too the pericardium is connected to all parts of the heart, and on the general level the peritoneum by means of ligaments is linked with the sheaths of all the viscera. Likewise the membranes of the brain by means of processes drawn out from themselves are connected to all the underlying nodes, and by them to all the fibres, and by them to every part of the body' That is why the head by the action of the two parts of the brain controls all the parts subject to it. These facts are only presented so that from observable objects some idea can be formed how God perceives, sees and knows everything which happens in accordance with order down to the tiniest detail.
60. God perceives, sees, and knows all things, even to the most minute, that take place according to order, because order, from being in the smallest particulars, is universal, for these smallest particulars taken together are called the universal, as the particulars taken together are called the general. The universal, including its smallest particulars, is a work coherent as a unit, to the extent that no one part can be touched and affected without some sense of it overflowing to all the rest. Such being the nature of the order of the universe there is a likeness of it in all created things in the world. But this shall be illustrated by comparisons taken from things visible. In man as a whole there are generals and particulars, the generals including the particulars, with all harmoniously arranged in such connection that each belongs to the other. This is effected by means of a common covering surrounding every member of the body, and insinuating itself into every particular therein, so that they act as one in every function and use. For example, the covering of each muscle enters into the particular motor fibers and clothes them from itself. So the coverings of the liver, the pancreas, and the spleen enter into the interior parts of these organs; and the covering of the lungs, which is called the pleura, enters into their interiors; in like manner the pericardium enters into each and all parts of the heart; and in general the peritoneum enters all parts by anastomoses with the coverings of all the viscera. So again, the meninges of the brain, by threads drawn from them, enter into all the underlying glands, and through these into all the fibers, and through these again into all parts of the body. And it is in this way that the head by means of the brain rules each and all things subject to it. These facts are cited simply that by means of visible things some idea may be formed of how God perceives, sees, and knows all things, even to the most minute, which take place according to order.
60. God perceives, sees, and knows all things, even to the most minute, that are done according to order, because order is universal when it is in every most minute part regarded individually, for individual parts taken together are called a universal, just as particulars taken together are called a general. A universal, comprising all its minutest individual parts is a work cohering as a unity, so that one part cannot be touched and affected without producing some effect upon the rest. From this quality of order which exists in the universe, there is something similar in all created things in the world; but this will be illustrated by instances taken from visible things. Throughout the whole human body there are general and particular parts, and the general include the particular, and are arranged in such a connection that they are mutually dependent one upon the other. This arises from the fact that every member in the body is enclosed in a common covering which enters into all its individual parts so that they act together in every function and use. For example, the sheath of every muscle enters into the individual motor fibres and invests them with a covering: similarly the coverings of the liver, the pancreas, and the spleen enter into all the individual parts of these organs. So also the covering of the lungs, called the pleura, enters into the interior parts of the lungs; the pericardium enters into every part of the heart, and in general the peritoneum by anastomosis unites with all the coverings of all the viscera. In like manner the meninges of the brain, by means of threads emitted from them, enter into all the minute glands lying beneath them, and through these into all the fibres, and through these fibres into all parts of the body. Thus it is that the head from the brain rules every part beneath it. These facts are adduced merely that some idea might be formed from visible examples how God perceives, sees, and knows all things, even to the most minute, that are done according to order.
60. Quod Deus percipiat, videat, et sciat omnia usque ad minutissima, quae secundum ordinem fiunt, est quia Ordo est Universalis ex singularissimis, nam singularia simul sumta nuncupantur Universale, sicut particularia simul sumta Commune: Universale una cum singularissimis suis est Opus cohaerens ut unum, adeo ut non queat unum tangi et affici, nisi aliquid sensus inde ad reliqua redundet. Ex hac qualitate ordinis in Universo est quod simile sit in omnibus in Mundo creatis; sed illustrabitur hoc per comparationes ex visibilibus desumendas; in toto homine sunt communia et particularia, ac communia involvunt particularia ibi, et se concinnant per talem connexum, ut unum sit alterius; hoc fit per quod commune involucrum sit circum omne membrum ibi, et quod hoc insinuet se in singulas partes inibi, ut unum in quolibet officio et usu agant;
[2] pro exemplo, involucrum cujusvis musculi intrat in singulas fibras motrices, et ex se amicit illas; similiter involucrum hepatis, pancreatis et lienis in singula sua quae intus sunt: similiter involucrum 1 pulmonis, quod pleura vocatur, in interiora ejus; et similiter pericardium in omnia et singula cordis; et communiter peritonaeum per anastomoses cum involucris omnium viscerum; similiter Meninges Cerebri, hae per fila a se excerpta in omnes substratas glandulas intrant, et per has in omnes fibras, et per has in omnia corporis; inde est, quod Caput ex Cerebris regat omnia et singula sibi subdita. Haec allata sunt modo propter causam, ut ex visibilibus formetur aliqua idea, quomodo Deus percipit, videt et scit omnia usque ad minutissima quae secundum ordinem fiunt.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: inveluerum.