Chapter X.
On the sixth day, about to bring an end to the entire work, it explains how God rested, and it crowns the discourse with praises of the Creator.
But now let our conversation come to an end, since the sixth day is completed, and the sum of worldly work is concluded; namely, the perfect man in whom is the sovereignty of all living creatures, and the highest unity of the universe, and all the grace of the earthly creation. Certainly, let us keep silent; for God has rested from all the works of the world: He has rested in the withdrawal of man, He has rested in his mind and purpose. For He had made man capable of reason, an imitator of Himself, an emulator of virtues, desirous of heavenly graces. In these rests God who says: On whom shall I rest, if not on the humble, and quiet, and trembling at My words? (Isaiah 66:2)
Therefore, thanks be to the Lord our God who made such a work in which He would rest. He made the heaven, I do not read that He rested; He made the earth, I do not read that He rested; He made the sun, the moon, and the stars, I do not read that He rested: but I do read that He made man, and then He rested, having someone to whom He could forgive sins. Or perhaps at that time the mystery of the future passion of the Lord had already preceded, by which it was revealed that Christ would rest in man, who destined rest for Himself in the body for the redemption of man, as He Himself said: I slept and I rested, and I rose; for the Lord received me (Ps. III, 6). For he himself rested, who made it: to whom be honor, glory, perpetuity from age to age, and now, and always, and forever. Amen.