Of God and His Creatures 76That God of necessity wills His own Being and His own Goodness

CHAPTER LXXX -- That God of necessity wills His own Being and His own Goodness

GOD wills His own being and His own goodness as His first object and reason for willing all other things (Chap. LXXIV ), and this He wills in everything that He does will. Nor is it possible for Him to will it merely potentially: He must will it actually, as His willing is His being.

4. All things, in so far as they have existence, are likened to God, who is the first and greatest being. But all things, in so far as they have existence, cherish their own being naturally in such manner as they can. Much more therefore does God cherish His own being naturally.