118 THE TREATISES OF CYPRIAN. savethhim. This isthe generationof those who seekHim, thatseekthe faceof the God of Jacob."1 19. That Christ is the Bridegroom,having the churchas His bride,from which spiritualchildrenwere to be born. In Joel: " Blow with the trumpet in Sion;sanctifya fast, and calla healing; assemblethe people,sanctifythe church, gatherthe elders,collectthe littleones thatsuck the breast; letthe Bridegroom go forthof His chamber, and thebride out of her closet."2 Also in Jeremiah : " And I willtake away from the citiesof Judab, and from the streetsofJeru salem,the voiceof the joyous,and the voiceof the glad;the voiceof the bridegroom,and the voiceof the bride."3 Also in the eighteenthPsalm: " And he isas a bridegroomgoing forth from his chamber ; he exultedas a giant to run his course. From the height of heaven is hisgoing forth,and hiscircuiteven to the end of it; and there isnothingwhich is hid from his heat."4 Also in the Apocalypse: " Come, I willshow thee the new bride,the Lamb's wife. And he took me in the Spiritto a greatmountain,and he showedme the holy cityJerusalem descendingout of heaven from God, having the gloryof God." 5 Also in the Gospel according to John: "Ye are my witnesses,that I said to them who were sentfrom Jerusalem to me, that I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him. For he who has thebride isthe bridegroom; but the friendof the bridegroom ishe who standethand heareth him with joy, and rejoicethbe cause of the voice of the bridegroom."6 The mysteryof thismatterwas shown in Jesus theson of Nave, when he was bidden to put his shoes from offhim, doubtlessbecausehe himselfwas not the bridegroom. For itwas in the law,that whoever should refusemarriage shouldput offhisshoe,but thathe shouldbe shod who was to be the bridegroom:" And it happened, when Jesus was in Jericho,he lookedaround 1Ps.xxiv.3-6. 2 Joelii.15,16. 8Jer.xvi.9. 4 Ps.xix.5,6. 5 Rev.xxi.9-11. «Johniii.28,29.