Chapter IV: Of Creation. De Creatione.
Of Creation. De Creatione.
I. It pleased God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, [1020] for the manifestation of the glory of his eternal power, wisdom, and goodness,
[1021] in the beginning, to create or make of nothing the world, and all things therein, whether visible or invisible, in the space of six days, and all very good. [1022] I. Deo, Patri, Filio et Spiritui sancto, complacitum est, [1023] quo æternæ suæ cum potentiæ tum sapientiæ bonitatisque gloriam manifestaret, [1024] mundum hunc, et quæ in eo continentur universa tam visibilla quam invisibilia, in principio intra sex dierum spatium creare, seu ex nihilo condere, atque omnia quidem bona valde. [1025] II. After God had made all other creatures, he created man, male and female, [1026] with reasonable and immortal souls, [1027] endued with knowledge, righteousness, and true holiness, after his own image,
[1028] having the law of God written in their hearts, [1029] and power to fulfill it; [1030] and yet under a possibility of transgressing, being left to the liberty of their own will, which was subject unto change. [1031] Beside this law written in their hearts, they received a command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good II. Postquam omnes alias creaturas condidisset Deus, creavit hominem marem et foeminam, [1032] animabus inditis rationalibus ac immortalibus, [1033] imbutos cognitione, justitia, veraque sanctitate, ad suam ipsius imaginem, [1034] habentes in cordibus suis inscriptam Divinam legem,
[1035] simul et eandem implendi vires; [1036] non tamen sine quadam violandi possibilitate; libertati siquidem permissi erant voluntatis suæ haud immutabilis. [1037] Præter autem hanc in cordibus eorum inscriptam legem de non comedendo ex arbore scientiæ boni malique
and evil; which while they kept they were happy in their communion with God, [1038] and had dominion over the creatures. [1039] mandatum insuper acceperunt; quod certe quam diu observabant, communione Dei beati erant, [1040] dominiumque habebant in creaturas. [1041]