Wisdom of Solomon 11:17
“In Wisdom, it says, He who created the world from formless matter: and on the other hand, because we were made from nothing (Wis. 11:18, and Gen. 1:2). That God created confused substances at once, the sense of the Scriptures declares, with darkness, indeed, mingled. He called this confusion of things, that is, air, f…”
17For thy Almighty hand, that made the world of matter without form, wanted not means to send among them a multitude of bears or fierce lions,
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15But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, wherewith being deceived they worshipped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance;
16That they might know, that wherewithal a man sinneth, by the same also shall he be punished.
— Wisdom of Solomon 11:17 —
18Or unknown wild beasts, full of rage, newly created, breathing out either a fiery vapour, or filthy scents of scattered smoke, or shooting horrible sparkles out of their eyes:
19Whereof not only the harm might dispatch them at once, but also the terrible sight utterly destroy them.