105. Such, too, was the teaching of the Law: “Hear, O Israel, the Lord thy God is one Lord,” Deut. vi. 4. that is, unchangeable, always abiding in unity of power, always the same, and not altered by any accession or diminution. Therefore Moses called Him One, and yet also relates that the Lord rained down fire from the Lord. Gen. xix. 24. The Apostle, too, says: “The Lord grant unto him to find mercy of the Lord.” 2 Tim. i. 18. The Lord rains down from the Lord; the Lord grants mercy from the Lord. The Lord is neither divided when He rains from the Lord, nor is there a separation when He grants mercy from the Lord, but in each case the oneness of the Lordship is expressed.