of all animals. For since on this everything was at stake, it, more than any other, had abundance of types. That the Universe786 is not without a Providence we may conjecture from things amongst ourselves, for nothing will continue to exist, if not provided for; but even herds, and all other things stand in need of governance. And that the Universe was not made by chance, Hell is a proof, and so was the deluge in Noah’s day, the fire,787 the overwhelming of the Egyptians in the sea, the things which happened in the wilderness. It was necessary too that many things should prepare the way for Baptism; yea, thousands of things; those, for instance, in the Old Testament, those in the Pool,788 the cleansing of him that was not sound in health, the deluge itself, and all the things that have been done in water, the baptism of John. It was necessary to be believed that God giveth up His Son; a man did this by anticipation, 284 Abraham the Patriarch. Types then of all these things, if we are so inclined, we shall find by searching in the Scriptures. But let us not be weary, but attune ourselves by these things. Let us hold the faith steadfastly, and show forth strictness of life: that having through all things returned thanks to God, we may be counted worthy of the good things promised to them that love Him, through the grace and lovingkindness of our Lord Jesus Christ, with whom, &c. 786 τὰ πάντα. 787 i.e. of Sodom. 788 Hales suggests that this may be the Laver in the Temple, but it is not called κολυμβήθρα in LXX. The pool of Bethesda is meant, as is evident from the like mention of types increasing in clearness on John v. 2, Hom. xxxvi. init., where this is classed with those of the Old Testament. The following instance refers to the cleansing in Lev. xv. 13. 500 Colossians 1:26-28