Anf-03 v.v.xxxiv Pg 14
Isa. xli. 17.
Even “the sea shall be no more.”6501 6501
Anf-01 vi.ii.xi Pg 7
Isa. xlv. 2, 3.
And “He shall dwell in a lofty cave of the strong rock.”1597 1597
Anf-02 vi.iii.iii.xii Pg 15.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.v.iv Pg 9.1
Anf-02 vi.iv.v.x Pg 13.1
Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxv Pg 18
Isa. xlv. 3, Sept.
And again: “Who else shall scatter the tokens of ventriloquists,4481 4481 Ventriloquorum, Greek ἐγγαστριμύθων.
and the devices of those who divine out of their own heart; turning wise men backward, and making their counsels foolish?”4482 4482
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.vi Pg 6
Isa. xlv. 3 (Septuagint).
Now, that that god should have ever hidden anything who had never made a cover wherein to practise concealment, is in itself a wholly incredible idea. If he existed, concealment of himself was out of the question—to say nothing5430 5430 Nedum.
of any of his religious ordinances.5431 5431 Sacramenta.
The Creator, on the contrary, was as well known in Himself as His ordinances were. These, we know, were publicly instituted5432 5432 Palam decurrentia.
in Israel; but they lay overshadowed with latent meanings, in which the wisdom of God was concealed,5433 5433 Delitescebat.
to be brought to light by and by amongst “the perfect,” when the time should come, but “pre-ordained in the counsels of God before the ages.”5434 5434
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xiv Pg 33
Isa. xlv. 3.
Hence, then, came the exclamation, “O the depth of the riches and the wisdom of God!” For His treasures were now opening out. This is the purport of what Isaiah said, and of (the apostle’s own) subsequent quotation of the self-same passage, of the prophet: “Who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been His counsellor? Who hath first given to Him, and it shall be recompensed to him again?”5868 5868 *marg:
Anf-03 v.iv.iii.xvii Pg 7
2 Kings xx. i.
and restoring his kingly state to the monarch of Babylon after his complete repentance;2903 2903
Anf-03 vi.iv.xxix Pg 12
See 2 Kings i.
Prayer is alone that which vanquishes8955 8955
Anf-03 iv.vi.x Pg 4
Ps. cxv. 4–8.
By means of these organs, indeed, we are to enjoy flowers; but if he declares that those who make idols will be like them, they already are so who use anything after the style of idol adornings. “To the pure all things are pure: so, likewise, all things to the impure are impure;”411 411
Anf-03 iv.iv.iv Pg 8
Ps. cxv. 8. In our version, “They that make them are like unto them.” Tertullian again agrees with the LXX.
And why should I, a man of limited memory, suggest anything further? Why recall anything more from the Scriptures? As if either the voice of the Holy Spirit were not sufficient; or else any further deliberation were needful, whether the Lord cursed and condemned by priority the artificers of those things, of which He curses and condemns the worshippers!
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 9
VERSE (46) - :4,27; 8:33 1Ki 8:26 2Ki 1:2-4 Ps 115:8 Isa 28:15-18; 37:38
