[1134] If we retain the reading of the text, we must translate “founding,” and understand the reference to be to the descent of the new Jerusalem. But it seems better to change the reading as above.
[1135] Prov. i. 1–4.
[1136] Prov. i. 5, 6.
[1137] i.e. Solomon.
[1138] Isa. viii. 1.
[1139] Mark x. 48, etc. etc.
[1140] Matt. xvi. 17.
[1141] i.e. the Commandments.
[1142] For perfect wisdom, which is knowledge of things divine and human, which comprehends all that relates to the oversight of the flock of men, becomes, in reference to life, art (Instructor, book ii. chap. ii; Clem. Alex. vol. i. 204, Ante-Nicene Library).
[1143] Gal. v. 17.