79. It will be
asked: “In what sort was the Son begotten?” As
one who is for ever, as the Word, as the brightness of eternal
light, Heb. i. 3. for brightness
takes effect in the instant of its coming into existence. Which
example is the Apostle’s, not mine. Think not, then, that
there was ever a moment of time when God was without wisdom, any more
than that there was ever a time when light was without radiance.
Judge not, Arian, divine things by human, but believe the divine where
thou findest not the human.