“How could anyone who lifts his eyes to the sun not admire the way in which it is regulated? When it first appears, it could in fact seem to be something of little account, whereas in reality it has a truly great power. It gives us light from its rising in the east until it sets in the west. When the psalmist says that…”
Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th c. — Catechetical Lecture 9:6
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2The sun when it appeareth, declaring at his rising a marvellous instrument, the work of the most High:
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1The pride of the height, the clear firmament, the beauty of heaven, with his glorious shew;
— Sirach 43:2 —
3At noon it parcheth the country, and who can abide the burning heat thereof?
4A man blowing a furnace is in works of heat, but the sun burneth the mountains three times more; breathing out fiery vapours, and sending forth bright beams, it dimmeth the eyes.