374 NOV ATI AN THE ROMAN PRESBYTER Spirit."1This isHe who restrainsinsatiabledesires,controls immoderate lusts,quenches unlawful fires,conquers reckless impulses,repelsdrunkenness, checks avarice,drives away luxuriousrevellings,linkslove,binds together affections, keepsdown sects,ordersthe ruleof truth,overcomes heretics, turnsout the wicked,guards the gospel. Of thissays tho same apostle: u We have not receivedthe spiritof theworld, but the Spiritwhich is of God." s Concerning Him he exultinglysays: " And I think alsothatI have the Spiritof God." 3 Of Him he says: " The Spiritof the prophets is subjectto the prophets."4 Of Him alsohe tells: " Now the Spiritspeakethplainly,thatin the lasttimessome shall depart from the faith,giving heed to seducing spirits, doctrinesof demons, who speak liesin hypocrisy,having theirconsciencecauterized."5 Establishedin this Spirit, " none ever callethJesus anathema ; no one has ever denied Christ to be the Son of God, or has rejectedGod the Creator; no one uttersany words of his own contrary to the Scriptures; no one ordains other and sacrilegious decrees; no one draws up differentlaws. Whosoever shall blaspheme againstHim, " hath not forgiveness,not only in thisworld,but alsonot in the world to come."7 This isHe who in the apostlesgivestestimonyto Christ; in the martyrs shows forththe constantfaithfulnessof theirreligion; in virginsrestrainsthe admirable continencyof their sealed chastity; in others,guards the laws of the Lord's doctrine incorruptand uncontaminated; destroysheretics,corrects the perverse,condemns infidels,makes known pretenders; moreover,rebukes the wicked, keeps the church uncorrupt and inviolate,in the sanctityof a perpetualvirginityand truth. 1 Gal.v.17. 4 1 Cor.xiv.32. ' Matt.xii.32. 2 1 Cor.ii.12. 8 1 Cor.vii.40. 5 1 Tim.iv.1. 6 1 Cor.xii.3.