[Gecco-general] laws, and stretched the

[Heagany B. <ab...@rf...>]

Lluted with the blood of the murdered,
it is digged and made a grave for dead bodies. This being
so, Earth can in no wise be a goddess, but only the work of God for the
use of men. "They that
think that Water

is a god have gone astray. It also
hath been made for the use of men. It is under their lordship:
it is polluted, and perisheth: it is altered by boiling, by dyeing, by
congealment, or by being brought to the cleansing of all defilements.
Wherefore Water cannot be a god, but only the

work of God. "They that think that Fire is a god are in error. It too

was made for
the use of men. It is subject to their lordship, being carried about
from place to place,

for the seething and roasting of all manner of meats, yea, and for the
burning of dead corpses. Moreover, it perisheth in divers ways, when it
is quenched by mankind. Wherefore Fire cannot be a god, but only the
work of God. "They that think that the breath of the Winds is a goddess
are in error. This, as is evident, is subject to another, and hath

been prepared by God, for the
sake of mankind, for the carriage of ships, and the conveyance of
victuals, and for other uses of men, it riseth and falleth accor