...which the term is applied to the Eternal Father. 53. BOT it is written, say they, in the Proverbs, ' The Lord created me the beginning of His ways, for His Works ' ; ' and in the Epistle to the Hebrews the Apostle says, ' Being made so much better than the Angels,...

...says the Lord, who formed me from the womb to be his servant (49:5). And through Solomon he also said: The LORD created me the beginning of his ways, for his works (Prov 8:22). For the whole creation is servant, as the apostle says (Rom 8:22-23). Therefore the one...

...Wisdom. For Wisdom is said : by one of the Divine band to speak in this man- : ner concerning herself : "The Lord created me ' the beginning of His ways for His works : of old He laid my foundation." * It was fitting and ! more seemly that all things which came into...

...Wisdom : ' If I should tell you daily events, I would be mindful to enumerate them from the beginning. The Lord created me the beginning of His ways for His works. From everlasting He established me in the beginning, before He formed the earth, and before He made...

...magnified, and through me 15 sovereigns rule the earth." s To which she adds : " The Lord created me in the beginning of his ways, for his works ; before the world he established me, in the beginning, before he made the earth, before he made the depths, before the mountains...

...was burn of a virgin without marriage ; as also He speaks in the Proverbs in the Person of Jesus, " The Lord created Me, the beginning of His ways, for His works of old :" He earth not, " He created Me before Hie works," that no oue wight think that ILa here «poke...

...is Wisdom. For Wisdom is said by one of the Divine Band to speak in this manner concerning herself: "The Lord created me the Beginning of His ways for His works; from eternity He laid my foundation." It was fitting and more seemly that all things which came into...