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Book XIII.
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Of the goodness of God explained in the creation of things, and of the Trinity as found in the first words of Genesis. The story concerning the origin of the world (Gen. I.) is allegorically explained, and he applies it to those things which God works for sanctified and blessed man. Finally, he makes an end of this work, having implored eternal rest from God.
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All Creatures Subsist from the Plenitude of Divine Goodness.vi.XIII.II
Genesis I. 3,—Of ‘Light,’—He Understands as It is Seen in the Spiritual Creaturevi.XIII.III
All Things Have Been Created by the Grace of God, and are Not of Him as Standing in Need of Created Things.vi.XIII.IV
He Recognises the Trinity in the First Two Verses of Genesis.vi.XIII.V
Why the Holy Ghost Should Have Been Mentioned After the Mention of Heaven and Earth.vi.XIII.VI
That the Holy Spirit Brings Us to God.vi.XIII.VII
That Nothing Whatever, Short of God, Can Yield to the Rational Creature a Happy Rest.vi.XIII.VIII
Why the Holy Spirit Was Only ‘Borne Over’ The Waters.vi.XIII.IX
That Nothing Arose Save by the Gift of God.vi.XIII.X
That the Symbols of the Trinity in Man, to Be, to Know, and to Will, are Never Thoroughly Examined.vi.XIII.XI
Allegorical Explanation of Genesis, Chap. I., Concerning the Origin of the Church and Its Worship.vi.XIII.XII
That the Renewal of Man is Not Completed in This World.vi.XIII.XIII
That Out of the Children of the Night and of the Darkness, Children of the Light and of the Day are Made.vi.XIII.XIV
Allegorical Explanation of the Firmament and Upper Works, Ver. 6.vi.XIII.XV
That No One But the Unchangeable Light Knows Himself.vi.XIII.XVI
Allegorical Explanation of the Sea and the Fruit-Bearing Earth—Verses 9 and 11.vi.XIII.XVII
Of the Lights and Stars of Heaven—Of Day and Night, Ver. 14.vi.XIII.XVIII
All Men Should Become Lights in the Firmament of Heaven.vi.XIII.XIX
Concerning Reptiles and Flying Creatures (Ver. 20),—The Sacrament of Baptism Being Regarded.vi.XIII.XX
Concerning the Living Soul, Birds, and Fishes (Ver. 24)—The Sacrament of the Eucharist Being Regarded.vi.XIII.XXI
He Explains the Divine Image (Ver. 26) of the Renewal of the Mind.vi.XIII.XXII
That to Have Power Over All Things (Ver. 26) is to Judge Spiritually of All.vi.XIII.XXIII
Why God Has Blessed Men, Fishes, Flying Creatures, and Not Herbs and the Other Animals (Ver. 28).vi.XIII.XXIV
He Explains the Fruits of the Earth (Ver. 29) of Works of Mercy.vi.XIII.XXV
In the Confessing of Benefits, Computation is Made Not as to The ‘Gift,’ But as to the ‘Fruit,’—That Is, the Good and Right Will of the Giver.vi.XIII.XXVI
Many are Ignorant as to This, and Ask for Miracles, Which are Signified Under the Names Of ‘Fishes’ And ‘Whales.’vi.XIII.XXVII
He Proceeds to the Last Verse, ‘All Things are Very Good,’—That Is, the Work Being Altogether Good.vi.XIII.XXVIII
Although It is Said Eight Times that ‘God Saw that It Was Good,’ Yet Time Has No Relation to God and His Word.vi.XIII.XXIX
He Refutes the Opinions of the Manichæans and the Gnostics Concerning the Origin of the World.vi.XIII.XXX
We Do Not See ‘That It Was Good’ But Through the Spirit of God Which is in Us.vi.XIII.XXXI
Of the Particular Works of God, More Especially of Man.vi.XIII.XXXII
The World Was Created by God Out of Nothing.vi.XIII.XXXIII
He Briefly Repeats the Allegorical Interpretation of Genesis (Ch. I.), and Confesses that We See It by the Divine Spirit.vi.XIII.XXXIV
He Prays God for that Peace of Rest Which Hath No Evening.vi.XIII.XXXV
The Seventh Day, Without Evening and Setting, the Image of Eternal Life and Rest in God.vi.XIII.XXXVI
Of Rest in God Who Ever Worketh, and Yet is Ever at Rest.vi.XIII.XXXVII
Of the Difference Between the Knowledge of God and of Men, and of the Repose Which is to Be Sought from God Only.vi.XIII.XXXVIII