But foreseeing the snares of the wicked one, I arm you beforehand by my admonitions, as my beloved and faithfulchildren in Christ, furnishing you with the means of protection779
779 Literally, “making you drink beforehand what will preserve you.”
You see how divineWisdom has murdered even her own proper, first-born and only Son, who is certainly about to live, nay, to bring back the others also into life. I can say with the Wisdom of God; It is Christ who gave Himself up for our offences.8262