Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Wisdom of the Father, descended into the abyss, and having descended was not held fast by it. Now the abyss said: 'It is not in me, for it is in heaven'; and the sea said: 'It is not with me.' This sea is the life of men, in which are the shipwrecks that concern virtue. If, then, you wish that Wisdom may be with you, even though you be upon the sea, walk upon the waves: stretch out your hand to Wisdom, and she will make you walk upon the waves.