our senses to the consideration of heaven and earth, that we may thence seek confirmation in the true knowledge of God. For Christ is that image in which God presents to our view not only his heart, but also his hands and his feet. By heart I mean that secret love with which God embraces us in Christ; by his hands and feet I understand those works of his that are displayed before our eyes. As soon as we depart from Christ, there is nothing, be it ever so great or insignificant in itself, about which