When, therefore, He has fulfilled the com- mandment, what saith He ? " Who is he that will contend with Me ? let him oppose Me : or who is he that will enter into judgment with Me? let him draw near to the servant of the Lord." ^ " Woe unto you, for ye shall all wax old, like a garment, and the moth shall eat you up." 9 And again the prophet says, " Since '° as a mighty stone He is laid for crushing, behold I cast down for the foundations of Zion a stone, precious, elect, a corner-stone, honoura- ble." Next, what says He? "And he who shall trust " in it shall live for ever." Is our hope, then, upon a stone? Far from it. But [the language is used] inasmuch as He laid his flesh [as a foundation] with power ; for He says, "And He placed me as a firm rock." '^ And the prophet says again, " The stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner." '^ And again he says, "This is the great and wonderful day which the Lord hath made.'-* I write the more simply imto you, that ye may understand. I am the off- scouring of your love. '5 What, then, again says