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 1 2     |            have made all things, he says, of Himself; because whatever
 2 5     |             amount of the Deity? He says in reply, that even though
 3 6     |         Matter also the first? "I," says the Lord, "have stretched
 4 17    |           with the Scripture, which says: "Who hath known the mind
 5 18    |           prepared the heavens," so says (the Scripture), "I was
 6 18    |             in Himself. "The Lord," says the Scripture, "possessed
 7 18    |             God is begotten ("for," says God, "my heart hath emitted
 8 20    | acknowledging such a beginning, who says: "The Lord possessed me,
 9 22    |           is made. "Let the earth," says He, "bring forth grass,
10 29    |           be made in vain. For thus says Isaiah: "He created it not
11 29    |             land appear." "Appear," says He, not "be made." It had
12 31    |             of Scripture itself. It says that "God made man of the
13 32    |          the Lord Himself by Isaiah says, "I formed the light, and
14 32    |               Of the wind also Amos says, "He that strengtheneth
15 32    |            the winds consist, as He says by Isaiah, "Because my spirit
16 32    |         like manner the same Wisdom says of the waters, "Also when
17 34    |             earth shall pass away," says He. "The first heaven and
18 34    |      locality. In like manner David says, "The heavens, the works
19 35    |    contradictory positions. Matter, says he, at first sight seems
20 36    |           its uncreated motion. If, says he, Matter were simply a
21 45conc|   constructed the universe. " For," says He, "the heavens are the
22 45conc|          proved by Jeremiah when he says, "God hath made the earth