In your vain attempts to describe the nature of the Almighty, we should be induced to believe, from some of your expressions, that you had adopted the opinion of some sects of unbelieving philosophers, that God is not the governor, but the soul of the universe; not a Being, but a principle or element, which, although it acts efficaciously, implies the absence of all personal agency. For you say, "Every child of God _has the full and complete nature, spirit, and, may I not say, the divinity of God Almighty_; because there is nothing but divinity in God, and therefore, if they are partakers of his divine nature,[51] so far they are partakers of his divinity, according to the portion which he is pleased to dispense: and he _must_ dispense that portion which will make them like himself. _For his children are as much like their Almighty Father, as the children of men are like their fathers._"[52] Footnote 51: This is not the doctrine or belief of the Society. They believe in a divine principle of light and life, wherewith Christ hath enlightened every man that cometh into the world; but _by this they understand, not the proper essence and nature of God precisely taken, who is not divisible into parts and measures, but is a pure and simple being, void of all composition and division_. See BARCLAY. Footnote 52: New York Sermons, page 130. In speaking of the operation of the great first Cause, you compare it to the sun: "What, (you say,) would become of us, were it not for the enlivening beams of the sun? Although it emits so much, yet it never lessens.[53] Our immortal spirits receive all their light from that celestial and invisible Sun which is the Creator of all things. _He emits of his excellency to us, yet he does not lessen, but remains eternally the same, for all that comes from him will return to him._"[54] Footnote 53: Philadelphia Sermons, page 187. Footnote 54: Philadelphia Sermons, page 188. Consistent with this idea, you totally reject the Scripture declarations respecting heaven and the kingdom of God, and consider them only as a condition of the mind, and that we can enjoy them in this state of being.