48. Now for the sake of what works the Lord
was “created” of a virgin, He Himself, whilst healing the
blind man, has shown, saying: “In Him must I work the works
of Him that sent Me.” S. John ix. 4. “In him” is, in our
Bible, attached to the preceding verse.
Furthermore He said in the same Scripture, that we might believe Him to
speak of the Incarnation: “As long as I am in this world, I
am the Light of this world,” S. John ix. 5. for, so
far as He is man, He is in this world for a season, but as God He
exists at all times. In another place, too, He says:
“Lo, I am with you even unto the end of the
world.” S. Matt. xxviii. 20.