wherewith shall I appear before the Lord my God, and be glorified?”83 He says,84 “I will confess to thee in the Church in the midst85 of my brethren; and I will praise thee in the midst of the assembly of the saints.”86 We, then, are they whom He has led into the good land. What, then, mean milk and honey? This, that as the infant is kept alive first by honey, and then by milk, so also we, being quickened and kept alive by the faith of the promise and by the word, shall live ruling over the earth. But He said above,87 “Let them increase, and rule over the fishes.”88 Who then is able to govern the beasts, or the fishes, or the fowls of heaven? For we ought to perceive that to govern implies authority, so that one should command and rule. If, therefore, this does not exist at present, yet still He has promised it to us. When? When we ourselves also have been made perfect [so as] to become heirs of the covenant of the Lord.89 83 Comp. Ps. xlii. 2. 84 Cod. Sin. omits “He says.” 85 Cod. Sin. omits “in the midst.” 86 Ps. xxii. 23; Heb. ii. 12. 87 Cod. Sin. has “But we said above.” 88 Gen. i. 28. 89 These are specimens of the “Gnosis,” or faculty of bringing out the hidden spiritual meaning of Scripture referred to before. Many more such interpretations follow. 379 Chapter VI.—The sufferings of Christ, and the new covenant, were announced…