C. Concerning which (H. he says) the Saviour hath said :

** If thou hadflt known Who it is Who asketh, thou wooldst have
asked from Him [in return], and He would have given thee to
drink of Living Water bubbling [forth]." ^
» Cy. Gen. iL 11, 12. « /Wrf., 13.
5 Ibid,, 14. « Ibid.
* The substance of this is also to be found in the ** Simonian" tradition " refuted " by Hippolytus.
• cy. Gen. L 7. ^ Qf. John iv. 10.
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J. To this Water (H. he says) every nature comes,
each selectiiig its own essence, and from this Water
there comes to each nature what is proper [to it] (H.
he says), more surely than iron to magnet,^ and gold to
the bone' of the sea-hawk, and chaff to amber.