I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.
Ver. 28. Again, I leave the world, &c.] So Plotinus the philosopher, when he died, said, το εν εμοι θειον αναγω επι το πρωτογονον θειον. (Sponte etiam non rogante me. Ut apud Hom. σπειδοντα και αυτον οτρυνειν .) Nay, Julian the apostate (if Marcellinus may be credited) went out of the world with these words in his mouth, Vitam reposcenti naturae, tanquam debitor bonae fidei, redditurus exulto.