grounds of the merits in each individual case are only recognised truly and clearly by God Himself, along with His only-begotten Word, and His Wisdom, and the Holy Spirit. Footnote 303: The original of this passage is found in Justinian’s Epistle to Menas, Patriarch of Constantinople, _apud finem_. “In that beginning which is cognisable by the understanding, God, by His own will, caused to exist as great a number of intelligent beings as was sufficient; for we must say that the power of God is finite, and not, under pretence of praising Him, take away His limitation. For if the divine power be infinite, it must of necessity be unable to understand even itself, since that which is naturally illimitable is incapable of being comprehended. He made things therefore so great as to be able to apprehend and keep them under His power, and control them by His providence; so also He prepared matter of such a size (τοσαύτην ὕλην) as He had the power to ornament.” Footnote 304: Wisd. xi. 20: “Thou hast ordered all things in measure, and number, and weight.” Footnote 305: Gen. i. 1. Footnote 306: 1 Cor. xv. 41. Footnote 307: Vilioribus et asperioribus. Footnote 308: Inferna. Footnote 309: Col. i. 16. Footnote 310: John i. 1, 2. Footnote 311: Ps. civ. 24. Footnote 312: Rom. ix. 11, 12. Footnote 313: The text runs, “Respondet sibi ipse, et ait,” on which Ruæus remarks that the sentence is incomplete, and that “absit” probably should be supplied. This conjecture has been adopted in the translation. Footnote 314: Rom. viii. 20, 21. Footnote 315: 2 Tim. ii. 20. Footnote 316: 2 Tim. ii. 21. CHAPTER X. ON THE RESURRECTION, AND THE JUDGMENT, THE FIRE OF HELL, AND PUNISHMENTS.