and one church, as to a daughter; that it thus addresses the church which has sprung from
His name and partakes of His name (for we are all called Christians), is distinctly proclaimed
in like manner in the following words, which teach us also to forget [our] old ancestral
customs, when they speak thus:423 ‘Hearken, O daughter, and behold, and incline thine ear;
forget thy people and the house of thy father, and the King shall desire thy beauty: because
He is thy Lord, and thou shalt worship Him.’ ”
423 “Being so,” literally.
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Chapter LXIII.—It is proved that this God was incarnate.