Anf-02 vi.iv.ii.xii Pg 2.1
Anf-03 v.v.xxv Pg 8
Gen. i. 31.
while the former, according to Hermogenes, is regarded as the origin and cause of all evils. Lastly, if the one is Earth because the other is, why also is the one not Matter as the other is? Indeed, by this rule both the heaven and all creatures ought to have had the names of Earth and Matter, since they all consist of Matter. I have said enough touching the designation Earth, by which he will have it that Matter is understood. This, as everybody knows, is the name of one of the elements; for so we are taught by nature first, and afterwards by Scripture, except it be that credence must be given to that Silenus who talked so confidently in the presence of king Midas of another world, according to the account of Theopompus. But the same author informs us that there are also several gods.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 2
VERSE (11) - Ec 1:14 Ge 1:31 Ex 39:43 1Jo 2:16,17
