Wisdom 8:1
Preliminaries
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TO THE MOST REVEREND AND MOST ILLUSTRIOUS LORD HENRY FRANCIS VAN DER BURCH, ARCHBISHOP AND DUKE OF CAMBRAI, PRINCE OF THE HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, COUNT OF CAMBRAI.
— Quoted as describing God's providence which Van der Burch imitates
"reaches from end to end mightily, and orders all things sweetly."
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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God (Elohim): Thirteen Definitions
— Seventh definition of God: He who orders all things sweetly
"Elohim is He who reaches from end to end mightily, and orders all things sweetly, as the Wise Man says."