CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 311 tect for the foundationof allthings? He needs no ears who knows the willsthatare even unexpressed; or forwhat reasonshouldHe need a tongue whose thoughtisa command? These members assuredlywere necessaryto men, but not to God, because man's designwould be ineffectualif the body did not fulfilthe thought. Moreover,they are not needful to God, whose willtheworks attendnot so much withoutany effort,as that the works themselvesproceed simultaneously with the will. Moreover, He Himself isalleye,becauseHe all sees;and allear,because He allhears; and allhand, because He allworks ; and allfoot,because He allisevery where. For He isthe same, whatever itis. He isallequal, and alleverywhere. For He has not in Him any diversity in Himself,being simple. For those are the thingswhich are reduced to diversityof members, which arisefrom birth and go to dissolution.But things which are not concrete cannot be consciousof thesethings.1 And what isimmortal, whatever itis,thatvery thingisone and simple,and forever. And thus becauseitisone itcannotbe dissolved;sincewhat ever isthatvery thingwhich is placed beyond the claim of dissolution,itisfreedfrom the laws of death. CHAPTEE VII. Argument. — Moreover, that when God is calleda Spirit, Brightness,and light, God is not sufficientlyexpressed by thoseappellations. But when the Lord says that God is a Spirit,I thinkthat Christ spoke thus of the Father,as wishing that something stillmore should be understoodthan merely that God is a Spirit. For although,in His Gospel,He is reasoningfor the purpose of giving to men an increaseof intelligence, neverthelessHe Himself speaks to men concerningGod, in such a way as they can as yet hear and receive;although,as we have said,He isnow endeavouringto giveto His hearers 1Thatistosay,"ofbirthanddissolution."