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Omnipotence implies omniscience, for that which is not omniscient could not be omnipotent, for then something would be in existence from a power which was not included in the omnipotent. Infinite implies omnipresence, for if there is that wherein the Infinite is not present, the Infinite is thereby limited, which supposition would render the Infinite finite, whereby the Infinite would not be Infinite. The Creator is therefore eternal, infinite, omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent.

It is axiomatic that the Infinite, Omnipotent, and Eternal is self-existing.

Finite person is composed of an unlimited variety of affections and thoughts. Person, the human, or man, is a little kingdom of affections going out in the form of thoughts. Person is a certain order of affections correlated into form. There are varieties and qualities of affections, as those for science, art, literature, and all their divisions; and those for father, mother, sister,