Divine providence

And if, as Basilides himself says, we have supposed one part of what is called the will of God to be the having loved all things, because they preserve a relation to the whole of all, and another to desire nothing, and a third to hate not one thing, then by the will of God the punishments too will be—which is impious to think.

But against those doctrines, whether the soul is reincarnated, and concerning the devil, it shall be spoken at the proper times;

But the injustice of the judge does not touch providence.

and the king's party held to this aim, but the wise providence from above was ordering things otherwise.

But the whole matter belonged to the divine providence, which wisely confirmed our cause through its adversaries.

I have never dissected an animal without seeing in it something new, and new proofs of divine providence.

and especially he who co-ordinates and holds together the universe, wherein all things are fair and good, and presents them ever unimpaired and sound and ageless for our use, and quicker than thought to serve us unerringly, is manifest in his supreme works, and yet is unseen by us in the ordering of them.

Moreover, the soul of man, which more than all else that is human partakes of the divine, reigns manifestly within us, and yet is itself unseen.

Tell me, Euthydemus, he began, has it ever occurred to you to reflect on the care the gods have taken to furnish man with what he needs?