40. It would be a lengthy matter were I to
pass in review each several place where we read of His being
“made,” not indeed by nature, but by way of gracious
dispensation. Moses, for example, saith: “Thou art
made my Helper and Protector, to save me;” Ex. xv. 2. and David: “Be unto me for a
God of salvation, and an house of refuge, that Thou mayest save
me;” Ps. xxxi. 3. and
Isaiah: “He is become an Helper for every city that is
lowly.” Isa. xxv. 4. Of a
surety the holy men say not to God: “Thou hast been
created,” but “By Thy grace Thou art made a Protector and
Helper unto us.”