But that Moses wrote part at least of them,
our Lord and his Apostles say expressly. The tradition of the Jews
(who really ought to know best) has always been that Moses wrote
either the whole or the greater part. Moses is by far the most
likely man to have written them, of all of whom we read in
Scripture. We have not the least proof, and, what is more, never
shall or can have, that he did not write them. And therefore, I
advise you to believe, as I do, that the universal tradition of both
Jews and Christians is right, when it calls these books, the books
of Moses. {7}
But now no more of these matters: we will think of a matter quite
infinitely more important, and that is, WHO is this God whom the
Bible reveals to us, from the very first verse of Genesis?
At least, he is one and the same Being. Whether he be called El,
Jehovah, or Adonai, he is the same Lord.
It is the Lord who makes the heaven and the earth, the Lord who puts
man in a Paradise, lays on him a commandment, and appears to him in
visible shape.
It is the Lord who speaks to Abraham: though Abraham knew him only
as El-Shaddai, the Almighty God.
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