1. And he said to me, In the beginning, when the earth was made, before the outgoings of the world were fixed, or ever the gatherings of the winds blew,
2. before the voices of the thunder sounded and before the flashes of the lightning shone, or ever the foundations of paradise were laid,
3. before the fair flowers were seen, or ever the powers of the earthquake were established, before the innumerable hosts of angels were gathered together,
4. or ever the heights of the air were lifted up, before the measures of the firmament were named, or ever the footstool of Sion was established,
5. and ere the present years were sought out, and or ever the imaginations of them that now sin were estranged, before they were sealed that have gathered faith for a treasure:
6. then did I consider these things, and they all were made through me alone, and through none other: as by me also they shall be ended, and by none other.