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6. Behold, the heaven and earth are; they proclaim that they were
made, for they are changed and varied. Whereas whatsoever hath not
been made, and yet hath being, hath nothing in it which there was not
before; this is what it is to be changed and varied. They also
proclaim that they made not themselves; "therefore we are, because we
have been made; we were not therefore before we were, so that we could
have made ourselves." And the voice of those that speak is in itself
an evidence. Thou, therefore, Lord, didst make these things;
Thou who art beautiful, for they are beautiful; Thou who art good,
for they are good; Thou who art, for they are. Nor even so are they
beautiful, nor good, nor are they, as Thou their Creator art;
compared with whom they are neither beautiful, nor good, nor are at
all. These things we know, thanks be to Thee. And our knowledge,
compared with Thy knowledge, is ignorance.
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