not to know what he hides, after that kind of speech, after which a ditch is called blind which is hidden. For the Scriptures do not use any other kind of speech than may be found in use among men, because they speak to men. 24. According to the form of God, it is said, “Before all the hills He begat me,”1 that is, before all the loftinesses of things created; and, “Before the dawn I begat Thee,”2 that is, before all times and temporal things: but according to the form of a servant, it is said,