the prophet ? " The assembly of the wicked sur- rounded me ; they encompassed me as bees do a honeycomb," '^ and " upon my garment they cast lots." '7 Since, therefore. He was about to be manifested and to suffer in the flesh, His suf- fering was foreshown. For the prophet speaks against Israel, " Woe to their soul, because they have counselled an evil counsel against them- selves,'^ saying, Let us bind the just one, because he is displeasing to us." "? And Moses also says to them,^° " Behold these things, saith the Lord God : Enter into the good land which the Lord sware [to give] to Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and inherit ye it, a land flowing with milk and honey." ^' What, then, says Knowl- edge?^^ Learn: "Trust," she says, "in Him who is to be manifested to you in the flesh — that is, Jesus." For man is earth in a suffering state, for the formation of Adam was from the face of the earth. What, then, meaneth this : " into the good land, a land flowing with milk and honey?" Blessed be our Lord, who has placed in us wisdom and understanding of secret things. For the prophet says, " Who shall understand the parable of the Lord, except him who is wise and prudent, and who loves his Lord ? " ^^ Since, therefore, having renewed us by the remission of our sins. He hath made us after another pattern, [it is His purpose] that we should possess the soul of children, inasmuch as He Kas created us anew by His Spirit.^-* For the Scripture says concerning us, while He speaks to the Son, " Let Us make man after Our image, and after Our likeness ; and let them have dominion over the beasts of the earth, and the fowls of heaven, and the fishes of the sea." ^s And the Lord said, on beholding the fair creature ^^ man, " Increase, and multiply, and replenish the earth." ^7 These things [were spoken] to the Son. Again, I will show thee how, in respect to us,^'^ He has accom- plished a second fashioning in these last days. The Lord says, " Behold, I will make ^'^ the last like the first." ^° In reference to this, then, the prophet proclaimed, " Enter ye into the land