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Wisdom of Solomon 13:3

A church father on this verse
"He could not answer God one time in a thousand," because in fact he is incapable of it. Not only does God speak innumerable words for the good of every person, but, indeed, with his powerful wisdom and his immeasurable greatness, he is above all creatures. "He is wise of heart, powerful and great." Beyond any doubt,…
Hesychius of Jerusalem, 5th c.
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3With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.

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1Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;

2But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.

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4But if they were astonished at their power and virtue, let them understand by them, how much mightier he is that made them.

5For by the greatness and beauty of the creatures proportionably the maker of them is seen.

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