45. Tell me, Lord, when Thou sawest Thy
Father incarnate, and walking upon the sea, for I know not, I hold it
impious to believe this thing of the Father, knowing that Thou only
hast taken our flesh upon Thee. When sawest Thou the Father at a
marriage-feast, turning water into wine? S. John ii. 4. For the walking on the sea,
vide S. Mark vi.
48. Nay, but I have read that Thou
alone art the only Son, begotten of the Father. I have been
taught that Thou alone, in the mystery of the Incarnation, wast born of
the Holy Ghost and the Virgin. The things, then, which we have
cited as Thy doings, the Father did not, but Thou alone, without
guidance of any work done by Thy Father, for the purchase of the
world’s salvation with Thy Blood, didst come forth spotless from
the Virgin’s womb.