Maximus Conf. (opp. ii. 152 ed. Combefis. Par. 1675) quotes this from St. Irenæus’ treatise to Demetrius, Deacon of Vienne, On the Faith, which (he says) commences, “Seeking God, hear David saying.”
The Will and Operation of God is the creative and providential cause of every time and place and age and every nature. The reason that is in us is the will of the intellectual soul, as being its self-actuating1 power. Will is the mind desiring and desire thinking, inclining itself to the object of its desire.
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