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3. Since, then, Thou fillest heaven and earth, do they contain
Thee? Or, as they contain Thee not, dost Thou fill them, and yet
there remains something over? And where dost Thou pour forth that
which remaineth of Thee when the heaven and earth are filled? Or,
indeed, is there no need that Thou who containest all things shouldest
be contained of any, since those things which Thou fillest Thou
fillest by containing them? For the vessels which Thou fillest do not
sustain Thee, since should they even be broken Thou wilt not be
poured forth. And when Thou art poured forth on us, Thou art not
cast down, but we are uplifted; nor art Thou dissipated, but we are
drawn together. But, as Thou fillest all things, dost Thou fill
them with Thy whole self, or, as even all things cannot altogether
contain Thee, do they contain a part, and do all at once contain the
same part? Or has each its own proper part the greater more, the
smaller less? Is, then, one part of Thee greater, another less?
Or is it that Thou art wholly everywhere whilst nothing altogether
contains Thee?
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