(3) Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are (b) seen were not made of things which do appear.
(3) He shows the property of faith, by setting before us most cautious examples of those who from the beginning of the world excelled in the Church.
(b) So that the world which we see, was not made from any matter that appeared or was before, but from nothing.