the prophet declared, “To the end, for the eighth day,”211 on which our life both sprang up again, and the victory over death was obtained in Christ, whom the children of perdition, the enemies of the Saviour, deny, “whose god is their belly, who mind earthly things,”212 who are “lovers of pleasure, and not lovers of God, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof.”213 These make merchandise of Christ, corrupting His word, and giving up Jesus to sale: they are corrupters of women, and covetous of other men’s possessions, swallowing up wealth214 insatiably; from whom may ye be delivered by the mercy of God through our Lord Jesus Christ! 211 Ps. vi., Ps. xii. (inscrip.). [N.B.—The reference is to the title of these two psalms, as rendered by the LXX. Εἰς τὸ τέλος ὑπὲρ τῆς ὀγδόης.] 212 Phil. iii. 18, 19. 213 2 Tim. iii. 4. 214 Literally, “whirlpools of wealth.” 175 Chapter IX.—Let us live with Christ.