A cult is divine which treats its object as present everywhere and able to hear every silent prayer at once
Divine cult, on this account, treats its object as watching every worshiper, in every place and time, though unseen.
It also treats that object as hearing countless different prayers at once, including unspoken ones, and as able to help each person in a single moment.
Calling the object only God's friend and minister does not change the act.
Majesty and power of that size belong to God alone, whatever people imagine.
Latin
XXIII. Proinde cultus ipsis divinus est, qui supponit eum qui colitur, licet ipse sit inconspectus, nec sensibus ullis expositus, nihilominus omnes ipsum colentes, quovis tempore & loco, tanquam praesentem intueri; & quamvis, vel ab innumeris, ubivis terrarum dispersis hominibus, diversissimis votis simul rogetur atque invocetur, omnium tamen vota, etiam quae sola mente concepta sunt, percipere & intelligere, & singulis quam ab ipso petunt opem, uno momento ferre posse. Etiamsi qui cultu hujusmodi utitur, illum quem ita colit profiteatur se non habere pro Deo, sed tantum pro Dei amico & ministro, in quo se summum ipsum Deum honorare cogitet: quia quicquid homines fingere & praesumere possint, revera tanta majestas & potestas nulli competit, nisi Deo.