Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis

For the men of old used to call the prophets sometimes men of God, and sometimes seers, [*]( Samuel ix. 9. ) affixing appropriate and becoming names to their enthusiasm, and inspiration, and to the foreknowledge of affairs which they enjoyed.

Very properly, therefore, the most sacred Moses says that, the earth was corrupted at that time when the virtues of the just Noah were made manifest: "And the whole earth," says he, "was corrupted, because all flesh had corrupted his (αὐτου̃) way upon the earth." [*]( Genesis vi. 12. )

Now to some persons this expression will seem to have been incorrectly used, and that the consistency with the context, and the truth of the fact will [*](1 Kings xvii. 10 ) [*](Genesis xxxviii. 11. ) [*](1 Kings xvii 18. ) [*]( Samuel ix. 9. ) [*]( Genesis vi. 12. )