Philip Schaff

“ But since he has not created, then let him, as nonexistent, leave him who is really existent. [5] For he is nobody, [6] except only in the opinion of Simon. I do not accept of any other god but Him alone who created me. ”

“ For assuredly the soul within us is clothed with His image for immortality. If I abandon the parent of this soul, it also will abandon me to just judgment, making known the injustice by the very act of daring; [4] and as coming from one who is just, it will justly abandon me; and so, as far as the soul is concerned, I shall, after punishment, be destroyed, having abandoned the help that comes from it. But if there is another god, first let him put on another form, another shape, in order that by the new shape of the body I may recognise the new god. ”