Anf-03 v.iv.v.xxiv Pg 26
Luke x. 9.
Now it is that which was once far off, which can be properly said to have become near. If, however, a thing had never existed previous to its becoming near, it could never have been said to have approached, because it had never existed at a distance. Everything which is new and unknown is also sudden.4439 4439 Subitum.
Everything which is sudden, then, first receives the accident of time4440 4440 Accipit tempus.
when it is announced, for it then first puts on appearance of form.4441 4441 Inducens speciem.
Besides it will be impossible for a thing either to have been tardy4442 4442 Tardasse.
all the while it remained unannounced,4443 4443 The announcement (according to the definition) defining the beginning of its existence in time.
or to have approached4444 4444 Appropinquasse.
from the time it shall begin to be announced.
