XVII.  Since then, natural chastity is not meritorious, I demand something else from the eunuchs.  Do not go a whoring in respect of the Godhead.  Having been wedded to Christ, do not dishonour Christ.  Being perfected by the spirit, do not make the Spirit your own equal.  If I yet pleased men, says Paul, I should not be the servant of Christ. Galat. i. 10.  If I worshipped a creature, I should not be called a Christian.  For why is Christianity precious?  Is it not that Christ is God, unless my mingling with Him in love is a mere human passion?  And yet I honour Peter, but I am not called a Petrine; and Paul, but have never been called a Pauline.  I cannot allow myself to be named after a man, who am born of God.  So then, if it is because you believe Him to be God that you are called a Christian, may you ever be so called, and may you remain in both the name and the thing; but if you are called from Christ only because you have an affection for Him, you attribute no more to him than other names which are given from some practice or fact.