will deliver up the sheep of His pasture, and their sheep-fold and tower, to destruction." •'' And it so happened as the Lord had spoken. Let us inquire, then, if there still is a temple of God. There is — where He himself declared He would make and finish it. For it is written, " And it shall come to pass, when the week is completed, the temple of God shall be built in glory in the name of the Lord." 'S I find, there- fore, that a temple does exist. Learn, then, how it shall be built in the name of the Lord. Before we believed in God, the habitation of our heart was corrupt and weak, as being indeed like a temple made with hands. For it was full of idolatry, and was a habitation of demons, through our doing such things as were opposed to [the will of] God. But it shall be built, observe ye, in the name of the Lord, in order that the tem- ple of the Lord may be built in glor)'. How? Learn [as follows]. Having received the for- giveness of sins, and placed our trust in the name of the Lord, we have become new creatures, formed again from the beginning, ^^'herefore in our habitation God truly dwells in us. How ? His word of faith ; His calling '^ of promise ; the wisdom of the statutes ; the commands of the doctrine ; He himself prophesying in us ; He himself dwelling in us ; opening to us who were enslaved by death the doors of the temple, that is, the mouth ; and by giving us repentance introduced us into the incorruptible temple. '^ He then, who Avishes to be saved, looks not to man,'** but to Him who dwelleth in him, and speaketh in him, amazed at never having either heard him utter such words with his mouth, nor himself having ever desired to hear them.'^ This is the spiritual temple built for the Lord.