Anf-01 v.iii.iii Pg 19
2 Sam. xviii. 14.
who had slain his brother, became suspended on a tree, and had his evil-designing heart thrust through with darts. In like manner was Abeddadan660 660
Anf-03 v.viii.xxvi Pg 5
Gen. iv. 11.
but even this was as a figure of homicidal flesh. For if the earth has to suffer either joy or injury, it is simply on man’s account, that he may suffer the joy or the sorrow through the events which happen to his dwelling-place, whereby he will rather have to pay the penalty which, simply on his account, even the earth must suffer. When, therefore, God even threatens the earth, I would prefer saying that He threatens the flesh: so likewise, when He makes a promise to the earth, I would rather understand Him as promising the flesh; as in that passage of David: “The Lord is King, let the earth be glad,”7464 7464
Npnf-201 iii.xv.ix Pg 19
Npnf-201 iv.vi.i.xxxviii Pg 9
Anf-03 iv.ix.ii Pg 16
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