Design implies a designer. The universe is a system of existences, sustaining the relation of means to an end. It had therefore, a designer. This designer is God. This argument sets aside the doctrine of chance or fate.
Men have intellect and reason.
Therefore their opinions are based upon facts real or supposed. The truth of any proposition in which all nations and ages have agreed must be highly probable. Therefore his existence is, to say the least, highly probable. The fact of this coincidence needs proof. That this coincidence has been nearly universal is beyond doubt.