90. What room here, then, for one to sit in
judgment upon the Godhead, to call in question the Father and the
Son,—the One for begetting, the Other for not begetting. No
man condemns his servant or handmaid for begetting (or bearing)
offspring; but those Arians condemn Christ for not begetting—they
do condemn Him, for they privately pass sentence of condemnation upon
Him, when they take from His glory and dignity. The question, why
they have not begotten offspring, does not lead those who are joined in
marriage into loss of their love, or denial of each other’s
merits, but the Arians, because Christ hath not begotten a Son, make
light of His sovereignty.