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VII.—The Earth Made for Men.
“For it is certain that these images are
made with iron tools; but iron is wrought by fire, which fire is
extinguished by water. But water is moved by spirit; and spirit
has its beginning from God. For thus saith the prophet
Moses: ‘In the beginning God made the heaven and the
earth. But the earth was invisible, and unarranged; and darkness
was over the deep: and the Spirit of God was upon the
waters.’782
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Spirit, like the Creator’s hand, by command of God separated
light from darkness; and after that invisible heaven produced this
visible one, that He might make the higher places a habitation for
angels, and the lower for men. For your sake, therefore, by
command of God, the water which was upon the face of the earth
withdrew, that the earth might produce fruits for you; and into the
earth also He inserted veins of moisture, that fountains and rivers
might flow forth from it for you. For your sake it was commanded
to bring forth living creatures, and all things which could serve for
your use and pleasure. Is it not for you that the winds blow,
that the earth, conceiving by them, may bring forth fruits? Is it
not for you that the showers fall, and the seasons change? Is it
not for you that the sun rises and sets, and the moon undergoes her
changes? For you the sea offers its service, that all things may
be subject to you, ungrateful as you are. For all these things
shall there not be a righteous punishment of vengeance, because beyond
all else you are ignorant of the bestower of all these things, whom you
ought to acknowledge and reverence above all?
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