12. But some one will say: “But Elijah is seen to have had nothing to do with the embraces of bodily love.” And therefore was he carried by a chariot into heaven, 2 [4] Kings ii. 11. therefore he appeared glorified with the Lord, S. Matt. xvii. 3. and therefore he is to come as the forerunner of the Lord’s advent. Mal. iv. 5. And Miriam taking the timbrel led the dances with maidenly modesty. Exod. xv. 20. But consider whom she was then representing. Was she not a type of the Church, who as a virgin with unstained spirit joins together the religious gatherings of the people to sing divine songs? For we read that there were virgins appointed also in the temple at Jerusalem. But what says the Apostle? “These things happened to them in a figure, that they might be signs of what was to come.” 1 Cor. x. 11. For the figure is shown in few, the life exists in many.