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is Creator, because He created in the beginning of time, and
always creates. God spoke in the beginning of time just as
He speaks in His own way always. But as His creation is
not eternal or a divine person, so His Word cannot be consi-
dered eternal and a divine Person. The Christians proceed
further, and make the Creator a divine father and His Word
a divine son; and also, because He breathed life into His
creatures, He is surnamed a divine Spirit, forgetting that
logically He could not be father before creation, nor "son"
before He spoke, and neither "Holy Ghost" before He gave
life. I can conceive the attributes of God through His works
at manifestations a posteriori, but of his eternal and a prior
attributes posses no conception whatever, nor do I ima-
is Creator, because He created in the beginning of time, and
always creates. God spoke in the beginning of time just as
He speaks in His own way always. But as His creation is
not eternal or a divine person, so His Word cannot be consi-
dered eternal and a divine Person. The Christians proceed
further, and make the Creator a divine father and His Word
a divine son; and also, because He breathed life into His
creatures, He is surnamed a divine Spirit, forgetting that
logically He could not be father before creation, nor "son"
before He spoke, and neither "Holy Ghost" before He gave
life. I can conceive the attributes of God through His works
at manifestations a posteriori, but of his eternal and a prior
attributes posses no conception whatever, nor do I ima-