Anf-01 ix.vi.xxvii Pg 3
Matt. xiii. 38.
); but the treasure hid in the Scriptures is Christ, since He was pointed out by means of types and parables. Hence His human nature could not4151 4151 Harvey cancels “non,” and reads the sentence interrogatively.
be understood, prior to the consummation of those things which had been predicted, that is, the advent of Christ. And therefore it was said to Daniel the prophet: “Shut up the words, and seal the book even to the time of consummation, until many learn, and knowledge be completed. For at that time, when the dispersion shall be accomplished, they shall know all these things.”4152 4152
Anf-01 ix.vi.xlii Pg 2
Matt. xiii. 38.
it must be affirmed that He has ascribed all who are of the apostasy to him who is the ringleader of this transgression. But He made neither angels nor men so by nature. For we do not find that the devil created anything whatsoever, since indeed he is himself a creature of God, like the other angels. For God made all things, as also David says with regard to all things of the kind: “For He spake the word, and they were made; He commanded, and they were created.”4437 4437
Anf-01 ix.vi.xlii Pg 16
Matt. xxv. 41, Matt. xiii. 38.
who give heed to the devil, and do his works. But these are, at the same time, all created by the one and the same God. When, however, they believe and are subject to God, and go on and keep His doctrine, they are the sons of God; but when they have apostatized and fallen into transgression, they are ascribed to their chief, the devil—to him who first became the cause of apostasy to himself, and afterwards to others.
