In conclusion we will call this Single Supernatural Cause, which originated the universe, its Creator. And if it be objected that the universe may have had no origin, owing to some Free Force having been always acting on it, such a Force must also be Single and Supernatural, and may equally well be called its Creator.
CHAPTER II.
THAT THE CREATOR DESIGNED THE UNIVERSE.
Design means voluntary action, combined with foreknowledge.
(A.) Evidence of Design.
Seems overwhelming throughout organic nature; and we are not appealing to it to show the Creator's existence, but merely His foreknowledge.
(1.) The example of a watch: its marks of design show that it had a maker who foresaw its use.
(2.) The example of an eye: this also has marks of design, and must also have had a Designer.
(3.) The evidence cumulative.