Arnobius

“ Is it not, to speak accurately, folly to believe that a god which you yourself made with care, to kneel down trembling in supplication to that which has been formed by you, and while you know, and are assured that it is the product [9] of the labour of your hands, [10] —to cast yourself down upon your face, beg aid suppliantly, and, in adversity and time of distress, ask it to succour [11] you with gracious and divine favour? ”