Disputation — Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · from Schola Thomistica
Disputation VII: On Divine Praises
This is the scope of the whole Creation, that it praise God, not only with the mouth, but also by deed; but this praise can be excited from a many-headed source, as the Seraphic Doctor has it de profectu Rrligiosi, lib. 2. cap. 64. For whether we admire the diffusion of Divine goodness, or consider the profundity of his wisdom, or finally stand amazed at the Height of his power and the immensity of his majesty, we range over a most ample field of Divine praises; but since our purpose is only briefly to describe the nature and quality of these, I will dispatch myself in a single question.
Hic est totius Creaturae scopus, ut Deum laudet, non solum ore, sed et opere; ad hanc autem laudem multiplici e capite potest excitari, ut habet Seraphicus de profectu Rrligiosi, lib. 2. cap. 64. sive enim Divinae bonitatis admiremur diffusionem, siue sapientiae eius consideremus profunditatem, siue denique potentiae Altitudinem, et maiestatis immensitatem stupeamus, in amplissimo Divinarum laudum campo spatiamur; sed cum nobis propositum sit, harum naturam tantum, et qualitatem breviter describere, unica me quaestione expediam.