Objection: if divine hearing and sight are eternal, must audible and visible objects be eternal too?
Reply: the eternality of an attribute and the eternality of its object do not entail each other. Eternal knowledge can concern a temporal known thing, and eternal power a temporal object brought about; likewise, the occurrence of things heard and seen does not make the attributes originated.
The distinction is secure when the attribute is not confused with the occurrence of its object or the way its relation is described. The arising of a sound does not mean that divine hearing acquired a new ability.