Anf-03 v.iv.vi.iv Pg 13
Joel iii. 28, as quoted by St. Peter, Acts ii. 17.
as Joel says. It was characteristic of Him (only)5333 5333 Ipsius.
to wait patiently for the fulness of time, to whom belonged the end of time no less than the beginning. But as for that idle god, who has neither any work nor any prophecy, nor accordingly any time, to show for himself, what has he ever done to bring about the fulness of time, or to wait patiently its completion? If nothing, what an impotent state to have to wait for the Creator’s time, in servility to the Creator! But for what end did He send His Son? “To redeem them that were under the law,”5334 5334
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.iv Pg 21
Joel iii. 28, as given in Acts ii. 17.
