thus stated:  "Wisdom teaches sobriety, and justice, and virtue, than which nothing is more useful in life to man."69 28.  Perhaps some may think that those passages do not refer to the Son of God.  What, then, is taught in the following words:  "She displays the nobility of her birth, having her dwelling with God?"70  To what does birth refer but to parentage?  And does not dwelling with the Father claim and assert equality?  Again, as Paul says that the Son of God is the wisdom of God,71 and as the Lord Himself says, "No man knoweth the Father save the only- begotten Son,"72 what could be more concordant than those words of the prophet:  "With Thee is wisdom which knows Thy works, which was present at the time of Thy making the world, and knew what would be pleasing in Thine eyes?"73  And as Christ is called the truth, which is also taught by His being called the brightness of the Father74 (for there is nothing round about the sun but its brightness which is produced from it), what is there in the Old Testament more plainly and obviously in accordance with this than the words, "Thy truth is round about Thee?"75  Once more, Wisdom herself says in the gospel, "No man cometh unto the Father but by me;"76 and the prophet says, "Who knoweth Thy mind, unless Thou givest wisdom?" and a little after, "The things pleasing to Thee men have learned, and have been healed by wisdom."77 29.  Paul says, "The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which is given unto us;"78 and the prophet says, "The Holy Spirit of knowledge will shun guile."79  69 Retract. i. 7, § 3:—"The quotation from the book of Wisdom is from my manuscript, where the reading is, ‘Wisdom teaches sobriety, justice, and virtue.’  From these words I have made some remarks true in themselves, but occasioned by a false reading.  It is perfectly true that wisdom teaches truth of contemplation, as I have ex- plained sobriety; and excellence of action, which is the meaning I give to justice and virtue.  And the reading in better manuscripts has the same meaning:  ‘It teaches sobriety, and wisdom, and justice, and virtue.’  These are the names given by the Latin translator to the four virtues which philosophers usually speak about.  Sobriety is for temperance, wisdom for prudence, virtue for fortitude, and justice only has its own name.  It was long after that we found these virtues called by their proper names in the Greek text of this book of Wisdom." 70 Wisd. viii. 3. 71 1 Cor. i. 24. 72 Matt. xi. 27. 73 Wisd. ix. 9. 74 Heb. i. 3. 75 Ps. lxxxix. 8. 76 John xiv. 6. 77 Wisd. ix. 17-19. 78 Rom. v. 5. 79 Wisd. i. 5. 76 Harmony of the Old and New Testaments.