temporal occurrences in Him, thus entailing the conjunction of two contradictories.
Or, if you wish, you may say:
Your statement that nothing connected with His will and power inheres in Him entails its own negation and is therefore false. This can serve as an independent proof at the outset of the discussion. For this observable world is either necessary in itself or contingent. If it is necessary in itself, temporal occurrences are known to inhere in it; hence, they inhere in what is necessary in itself.
Moreover, it is known that the essence of some celestial spheres does not alone suffice for the temporal occurrences inhering in them; rather, these depend upon something else. Thus, what inheres in that which is necessary in itself would depend upon something else. If, however, this world is contingent—which is the truth—it must have a Necessary Being. That Necessary Being is either a complete cause eternally entailing all its effects, or it is not. The first alternative is false, for if that were so, none of its effects would be delayed.
The second alternative entails that He acted after not having acted, which entails a renewal of agency. Either this renewal entails that these new occurrences make His essence dependent upon something else, or it does not. If they do not, the argument fails. If this dependence is entailed, then it is established that what newly arises in His essence depends upon something else.
Thus, if it were said that these matters do not inhere in the essence of the Necessary Being, it would follow that these matters do inhere in His essence, entailing the conjunction of two contradictories.
If it is said:
The renewal of agency does not entail that anything inheres in Him; rather, it is renewed without anything occurring at all.
The reply is:
Then it is all the more possible for the matters that newly arise in His essence likewise to arise anew without anything occurring at all.
If you wish, this may serve as a counterargument and as a proof at the outset of the discussion, and we may say:
Does what newly arises among His effects entail the dependence of His essence