thus says God : " Let us make man in Our image, and after Our likeness. So God made man ; male and female He created them." ' Having thus finished all these things, He ap- proved them, and blessed them, and said, " In- crease and multiply." ^ We see,^ then, how all righteous men have been adorned with good works, and how the Lord Himself, adorning Himself with His works, rejoiced. Having therefore such an example, let us without delay accede to His will, and let us work the work of righteousness with our whole strength.