The position of God in the universe is analogous to this, for he preserves the harmony and permanence of all things; save only that he has his seat not in the midst, where the earth and this our troubled world is situated, but himself pure he has gone up into a pure region, to which we rightly give the name of heaven, for it is the furthest bounda of the upper world, and the name of Olympus, because it is all brig and free from all gloom and disordered motion, such as is caused on our earth bystorms and the violence of the wind.