[18] And when the ruler has appeared, then he in a still greater degree benefits his disciple and beholder, saying, "I am thy God;" [17] for I should say to him, "What is there of all the things which form a part of creation of which thou art not the God?" But his word, which is his interpreter, will teach me that he is not at present speaking of the world, of which he is by all means the creator and the God, but about the souls of [18] [19] [20] men, which he has thought worthy of a different kind of care;