I therefore did what belonged to me, as a man devoted to^ unity. For where there is division and wrath, God doth not dwell. To all them that repent, the Lord grants forgive- ness, if they turn in penitence to the unity of God, and to communion with the bishop.'* I trust [as to you] in the grace of Jesus Christ, who shall free you from every bond. And I ex- hort you to do nothing out of strife, but according to the doctrine of Christ. When I heard some saying, If I do not find it in the ancient ^ Scriptures, I will not believe the Gospel ; on my saying to them, It is written, they answered me. That remains to be proved. But to me Jesus Christ is in the place of all that is ancient : His cross, and death, and resurrection, and the faith ^ which is by Him, are undefiled monuments of antiquity ; by which I desire, through your prayers, to be justified.