32. And now let us enquire whether elsewhere than in the case of Hagar the Angel of God has been discovered to be God Himself. He has been so discovered, and found to be not only God, but the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. For the Angel of the Lord appeared to Moses from the bush; and Whose voice, think you, are we to suppose was heard? The voice of Him Who was seen, or of Another? There is no room for deception; the words of Scripture are clear: And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire from a bush, and again, The Lord called unto him from the bush, Moses, Moses, and he answered, What is it? And the Lord said, Draw not nigh hither, put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground. And He said unto him, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob212    Exod. iii. 2, 4–6.. He who appeared in the bush speaks from the bush; the place of the vision and of the voice is one; He Who speaks is none other than He Who was seen. He Who is the Angel of God when the eye beholds Him is the Lord when the ear hears Him, and the Lord Whose voice is heard is recognised as the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. When He is styled the Angel of God, the fact is revealed that He is no self-contained and solitary Being: for He is the Angel of God. When He is designated Lord and God, He receives the full title which is due to His nature and His name. You have, then, in the Angel Who appeared from the bush, Him Who is Lord and God.

32. Moysi in rubo visus, Dominus et Deus est.---Videamus autem, an etiam alibi, praeter quam ad Agar, hic angelus Dei Deus esse sit cognitus. Cognitus plane est. Neque solum Deus, sed etiam Deus 0120A Abraham et Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob repertus. Angelus enim Domini Moysi de rubo apparuit, Dominus de rubo loquitur: vocem cujus intelligendam existimas, utrum ejus qui visus est, an alicujus alterius? Hic mendacii locus nullus est. Ait enim Scriptura, Apparuit autem illi angelus Domini in flamma ignis de rubo (Exod. III, 2). Et rursum, Vocavit eum Dominus de rubo, Moyses, Moyses. Et respondit: Quid est? Et dixit Dominus: Ne accesseris huc, solve calciamentum de pedibus tuis; locus enim, in quo stas, terra sancta est. Et dixit ei: Ego sum Deus Abraham et Deus Isaac et Deus Jacob (Ibid., 4 et seqq.). Qui apparuit in rubo, de rubo loquitur: et visionis locus unus et vocis est; neque alius, quam qui est visus, auditur. Qui angelus Dei est cum videtur, idem rursum 0120B cum auditur est Dominus; ipse vero Dominus qui auditur, Deus deinde Abrahae, Isaac et Jacob esse cognoscitur. Cum angelus Dei dicitur, non proprius sibi ac solitarius esse monstratur; est enim angelus Dei: cum Dominus et Deus nuncupatur, in honore naturae suae et nomine praedicatur. Habes ergo angelum, qui de rubo apparuit, et Dominum et Deum.