31. But let them learn, as I have often
said, that not inequality but unity of power is signified by this
testimony; inasmuch as things which are the works of God are also the
works of hands, and we read that the same are the works of
fingers. For it is written: “The heavens declare the
glory of God, and the firmament showeth the work of His
hands;” Ps. xix.
[xviii.] 1. and
elsewhere: “In the beginning Thou didst found the earth, O
Lord; and the heavens are the works of Thy hands.” Ps. cii. [ci.]
26. So, then, the works of the hands
are the same as the works of God. There is not therefore any
distinction of the work according to the kind of bodily members, but a
oneness of power.