Wisdom vi. 16. Compare the saying in Clem. Alex.
Quis dives salvetur? § 31: αὐτὸν
ζητεῖν τοὺς
εὖ
πεισομένους
ἀξίους τε
ὄντας τοῦ
Σωτῆρος
μαθητάς. The
Jerusalem Editor quotes from Origen (Prolog. in Cantic.) a
passage which may have been known to Cyril: “This Comforter
therefore goeth about seeking if He may discover any worthy and
receptive souls to whom He may reveal the greatness of the love which
is in God.”