CONCERNING THE TRINITY. 337 cannot be setaside,let His proper divinitybe attributedto Christ by the heretics. CHAPTER XVII.1 Abguaient. — Itis,moreover,provedby Moses in thebeginning of theHoly Scriptures. What ifMoses pursuesthissame ruleof truth,and delivers to us in the beginning of his sacredwritings,thisprinciple by which we may learn that allthings were created and founded by the Son of God, that is,by the Word of God ? For He saysthe same thatJohn and the restsay; nay, both John and the othersare perceivedto have receivedfrom him what they say. For if John says," All thingswere made by Him, and withoutHim was nothing made," 3 the prophet too says," I tellmy works to the King." 3 Moses,moreover, introducesGod commanding thatthereshouldbe lightatthe first,that the heaven should be established,that the waters should be gathered into one place,that the dry land should appear,thatthe fruitshouldbe brought forthaccordingto its seed, thatthe animalsshouldbe produced,thatfightsshould be establishedin heaven, and stars. He shows that none other was then presentto God — by whom theseworks were commanded that they should be made — than He by whom allthings were made, and withoutwhom nothingwas made. And if He isthe Word of God — " formy hearthas uttered forth a good Word" — He shows that in the beginning the Word was, and that thisWord was with the Father,and besides that the Word was God, and that allthings were made by Him. Moreover, this" Word was made fleshand dwelt among us,"4— towit,Christthe Son of God; whom both on receivingsubsequentlyas man accordingto the flesh,and seeing beforethe foundationof the world to be the Word of God, and God, we reasonably,accordingto the instruction 1 AccordingtoPamelius,ch.xxv. 2Johni.3. 3 Ps.xlv.1. 4Johni.14. CYP. — VOL. n. T