43. Dancing, then, which is an accompaniment
of pleasures and luxury, is not spoken of, but spiritually such as that
wherewith one raises the eager body, and suffers not the limbs to lie
slothfully on the ground, nor to grow stiff in their accustomed
tracks. Paul danced spiritually, when for us he stretched
forward, and forgetting the things which were behind, and aiming at
those which were before, he pressed on to the prize of Christ. Phil. ii. 13, 14. And you, too, when you come to
baptism, are warned to raise the hands, and to cause your feet
wherewith you ascend to things eternal to be swifter. This
dancing accompanies faith, and is the companion of grace.