all things and also of their existence. I need, therefore, spend no time in refuting such wild theories.
PROP. XXXIV. God's power is identical with his essence.
Proof.—From the sole necessity of the essence of God it follows that God is the cause of himself (Prop. xi.) and of all things (Prop. xvi. and Coroll.). Wherefore the power of God, by which he and all things are and act, is identical with his essence. Q.E.D.
PROP. XXXV. Whatsoever we conceive to be in the power of God, necessarily exists.
Proof.—Whatsoever is in God's power, must (by the last Prop.) be comprehended in his essence in such a manner, that it necessarily follows therefrom, and therefore necessarily exists. Q.E.D.
PROP. XXXVI. There is no cause from whose nature some effect does not follow.
Proof.—Whatsoever exists expresses God's nature or essence in a given conditioned manner (by Prop. xxv., Coroll.); that is, (by Prop. xxxiv.), whatsoever exists, expresses in a given conditioned manner God's