161. Thus far the one insult. As for the other, it lies herein, that if the Son is the Vine in respect of His eternally-begotten Person, then, He having said: “I am the Vine, ye are the branches,” S. John xv. 5. that divinely-begotten One appears to be of one substance with us. But “who is like unto Thee among the gods, O Lord?” Exod. xv. 11. as it is written; and again, in the Psalms: “For who is there among the clouds that shall be equal to the Lord? Or who among the sons of God shall be like unto God.” Ps. lxxxix. 6.