CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 303 and in proportionas we give our endeavours more directly to considerGod, so much the more the mind itselfisWinded by the lightof itsown thought. For what (to repeat once more) can you worthilysay of Him, who is loftierthan all sublimity,and higher than allheight,and deeper than all depth,and clearerthan alllight,and brighterthan allbright ness, more brilliantthan all splendour,strongerthan all strength,more powerful1 than allpower, and more mighty than allmight,and greaterthan allmajesty,and more potent than allpotency,and richerthan allriches,more wise than allwisdom, and more benignantthan allkindness,betterthan allgoodness,justerthan alljustice,more mercifulthan all clemency 1 For allkindsof virtuesmust needs be lessthan Himself,who isboth God and Parent of allvirtues,so that it may trulybe saidthat God is that,which is such that nothing can be compared to Him. For He isabove allthat can be said. For He isa certainMind generatingand filling allthings,which,withoutany beginningor end of time,con trols,by the highestand most perfectreason,the naturally linkedcausesof things,so as to resultin benefitto all. CHAPTER III. Abgttment. — That God is the Founder of all things,their Lord and Parent,isprovedfrom theHoly Scriptures. Him, then,we acknowledgeand know to be God, the Creator of all things— Lord on account of His power, Parent on account of His discipline— Him, I say,who " spake,and all things were made;"2 He commanded, and allthings went forth : of whom itiswritten," Thou hastmade allthingsin wisdom;"* of whom Moses said,"God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath;"4 who, according to Isaiah, " hath meted out the heaven with a span,the earthwith the hollow of His hand;"1 "who looketh on the earth,and maketh it tremble; who boundeth the circleof the earth, 'Viritior. 1Ps.cxlviii.5. 3Ps.ciii.24. 4Deut.iv.39. 5 Ps.ciii.32.