And how can He be but God, who raises up
the dead, sends away the lame sound of limb,
cleanses the lepers, restores sight to the blind,
and either increases or transmutes existing sub-
stances, as the five loaves and the two fishes, and
the water which became wine, and who puts to
flight thy whole host by a mere word ? And why
dost thou abuse the nature of the Virgin, and
style her members disgraceful, since thou didst
of old display such in public processions,'" and
didst order them to be exhibited naked, males
in the sight of females, and females to stir up
the unbridled lust of males ? But now these are
reckoned by thee disgraceful, and thou pretend-
est to be full of modesty, thou spirit of fornication,
not knowing that then only anything becomes
disgraceful when it is polluted by wickedness.
But when sin is not present, none of the things
that have been created are shameful, none of
them evil, but all very good. But inasmuch as
thou art blind, thou revilest these things.