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II.But creation is to be considered both in itself and in order to creatures.III.Creation considered in itself is Gods action by which God the Father through the Son in the Holy Spirit produced from nothing heaven and earth and all things that are in them — Genesis 1:1; Psalm 33:9; Hebrews 11:3; Revelation 4:11.
Creation is production of a thing from nothing of itself and of subject, or, as they say, from negative and privative non-being.And therefore, when we speak of permission, there is something middle between doing and hindering lest someone do; but creation properly is the effective fulfilling of the decree through Gods will and power.
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II. Creatio vero consideranda est tum in se, tum in ordine ad creaturas. III. In se considerata creatio est actio Dei, qua Deus Pater per Filium in Spiritu sancto ex nihilo produxit caelum et terram et omnia quae in eis sunt — Gen. I.1; Psal. XXXIII.9; Hebr. XI.3; Apoc. IV.11. Creatio est productio rei ex nihilo sui et subjecti, sive, ut loquuntur, ex non ente negativo et privativo. Ideoque est aliquid medium inter id quod est facere, et inter illud quod est impedire ne quis faciat, quando de permissione loquimur; at creatio proprie est effectiva impletio decreti per voluntatem et potentiam Dei.