Again, a little before, in the same chapter:—­

    “From which we can indisputably learn that God conversed with some
    One who was numerically distinct from Himself.”

Again:—­

    “The Word, Who also was with Him.” (Apol. ii. ch. vi.)

Again, Trypho says:—­

    “You maintain Him to be pre-existent God.” (Ch. lxxxvii.)

Again:—­

“I asserted that this Power was begotten from the Father, by His Power and Will, but not by abscission, as if the essence of the Father were divided; as all other things partitioned and divided are not the same after as before they were divided; and for the sake of example I took the case of fires kindled from a fire, which we see to be distinct from it,” &c. (Dial. cxxviii.)

    “THE WORD WAS GOD.”

Justin writes:—­

    “The Word of Wisdom, Who is Himself this God begotten of the Father
    of all things” (Dial. ch. lxi.) (See previous page.)

Again:—­

“They who affirm that the Son is the Father are proved neither to have become acquainted with the Father, nor to know that the Father of the Universe has a Son; Who also, being the first-begotten Word of God, is even God.” (Apol.  I. ch. lxiii.)

Again:—­

    “It must be admitted absolutely that some other One is called Lord
    by the Holy Spirit besides Him Who is considered Maker of all
    things.” (Dial. ch. lvi.)

But it is useless to multiply quotations, seeing that all those in pages 69-71 are the echoes of this declaration of the Fourth Evangelist.

St. John writes:—­

    “ALL THINGS WERE MADE BY HIM.”

And Justin writes:—­

    “Knowing that God conceived and made the world by the Word.” (Apol. 
    I. ch. lxiv.)

Again:—­

    “When at first He created and arranged all things by Him.” (Apol. 
    II. ch. vi.)

Again St. John writes:—­

    “THAT (i.e. THE WORD) WAS THE TRUE LIGHT THAT LIGHTETH EVERY MAN
    THAT COMETH INTO THE WORLD.”

I have given above (p. 51) sufficient illustrations from Justin of this truth.  I again draw attention to:—­

    “He is the Word of Whom every race of men were partakers.” (Apol.  I.
    ch. xlvi.)

Again:—­

“He was and is the Word Who is in every man.” (Apol.  II. ch. x.) “For whatever either lawgivers or philosophers uttered well, they elaborated by finding and contemplating some part of the Word.  But since they did not know the whole of the Word which is Christ, they often contradicted themselves.” [77:1] (Apol.  II. ch. x.)

Again:—­

    “These men who believe in Him, in whom [Greek:  en hois] abideth the
    seed of God, the Word.” (Apol.  I. ch. xxxii.)

Again:—­