CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 367 CHAPTER XXVIIL Argument. — He provesalsothatthewords," He who seesme, seestheFather also,"make nothingfor theSabellians. Hereto alsoI willadd thatview wherein the heretic,while he rejoicesas if at the lossof some power of seeingspecial truth and light,acknowledgesthe totalblindnessof hiserror. For again and again,and frequently,he objectsthatitwas said," Have I been so long time with you, and do ye not know me, Philip? He who hath seen me, hath seen the Father also."1 But lethim learnwhat he does not under stand. Philipisreproved,and rightly,and deservedlyindeed, because he has said," Lord, show us the Father,and itsuf- ficethus."3 For when had he eitherheard from Christ,or learnt that Christwas the Father ? although,on the other hand, he had frequentlyheard,and had oftenlearned,rather that He was the Son,not thatHe was the Father. For what the Lord said," If ye have known me, ye have known my Father also: and henceforthye have known Him, and have seen Him,"3 He saidnot as wishing to be understoodHim selftobe theFather,but [asmeaning] thathe who thoroughly, and fully,and with allfaithand allreligiousness,drew near to the Son of Grod,by allmeans shallattain,through the Son Himself, in whom he thus believes,to the Father,and shall see Him. u For no one,"saysHe, " can come tothe Father, but by me."4 And thereforehe shallnot only come to God the Father,and shallknow the Father Himself ; but,more over,he ought thusto hold,and so to presume in mind and heart,that he has henceforthnot only known, but seen the Father. For often the divine Scriptureannounces things that arenot yet done as being done,becausethus they shall be ; and thingswhich by allmeans have to happen, itdoes not predictas if they were future,but narratesas if they were done. And thus,althoughChristhad not been born as 1Johnxiv.9. 2Johnxiv.8. 8Johnxiv.7. 4Johnxiv.6.