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| The Author Desires the Gift of True Wisdom for Laurentius.
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Chapter 1.—The Author
Desires the Gift of True Wisdom for Laurentius.
I Cannot
express, my beloved son Laurentius, the delight with which I
witness your progress in knowledge, and the earnest desire I have
that you should be a wise man: not one of those of whom it is said,
“Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of
this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this
world?”1089
but one of
those of whom it is said, “The multitude of the wise is the
welfare of the world,”1090
| 1090 Wisdom 6.24" id="iv.ii.iii-p4.1" parsed="|Wis|6|24|0|0" osisRef="Bible:Wis.6.24">Wisd. vi. 24. [Greek text,
ver. 25: πλῆθος
σοφῶν σωτηρία
κόσμου.—P.S.] | and such as the apostles wishes
those to become, whom he tells,” I would have you wise unto that
which is good, and simple concerning evil.”1091
Now, just as no one can exist of
himself, so no one can be wise of himself, but only by the
enlightening influence of Him of whom it is written,” All wisdom
cometh from the Lord.”1092
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