Thomas Aquinas, on Isa 66:9

“Shall not I that make others to bring forth children, myself bring forth, saith the Lord? shall I, that give generation to others, be barren, saith the Lord thy God?”

“And he sets out the response in the person of the Lord: shall not I that make others to bring forth children, myself bring forth, gathering the Jews, or the converted faithful; or the Son, from eternity. Similar to this is Psalm 93[94]:9: he that planted the ear, shall he not hear? Or he that formed the eye, doth he not consider? And these arguments hold, if that which belongs to the perfection of creatures is attributed [to God], removing all that which belongs to imperfection.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.