There Is Nothing Unpremeditated, Nothing

Among Irrational Animals The Love Of The Offspring And Of The Parents For Each Other Is Extraordinary Because God, Who Created Them, Compensated For The Deficiency Of Reason By The Superiority Of Their Senses.

It Is Impious To Say That Evil Has Its Origin From God, Because Naught Contrary Is Produced By The Contrary. Life Does Not Generate Death, Nor Is Darkness The Beginning Of Light, Nor Is Disease The Maker Of Health, But In The Changes Of Conditions There Are Transitions From One Condition To The Contrary.

Through The Holy Spirit Comes Our Restoration To Paradise, Our Ascension Into The Kingdom Of Heaven, Our Return To The Adoption Of Sons, Our Liberty To Call God Our Father, Our Being Made Partakers Of The Grace Of Christ, Our Being Called Children Of Light, Our Sharing In Eternal Glory, And, In A Word, Our Being Brought Into A State Of All "fulness Of Blessing," Both In This World And In The World To Come, Of All The Good Gifts That Are In Store For Us, By Promise Hereof, Through Faith, Beholding The Reflection Of Their Grace As Though They Were Already Present, We Await The Full Enjoyment.

Now, If You Notice How The Swan, Putting Its Neck Down Into The Deep Water, Brings Up Food For Itself From Below, Then You Will Discover The Wisdom Of The Creator, In That He Gave It A Neck Longer Than Its Feet For This Reason, That It Might, As If Lowering A Sort Of Fishing Line, Procure The Food Hidden In The Deep Water.

We Need Not Only Read Sacred Scripture, But Learn It As Well And Grow Up In It. Realize That Nothing Is Written In Scripture Unnecessarily. Not To Read Sacred Scripture Is A Great Evil.