74. Who, indeed, but Christ could dare to
claim the Church as His bride, whom He alone, and none other, hath
called from Libanus, saying: “Come hither from Libanus, my
bride; come hither from Libanus”? Song of Solomon iv. 8. Or of Whom else could the
Church have said: “His throat is sweetness, and He is
altogether desirable”? Song of Solomon v. 26. And
seeing that we entered upon this discussion from speaking of the shoes
of His feet,—to Whom else but the Word of God incarnate can those
words apply? “His legs are pillars of marble, set upon
bases of gold.” Song of Solomon v. 15. For Christ
alone walks in the souls and makes His path in the minds of His saints,
in which, as upon bases of gold and foundations of precious stone the
heavenly Word has left His footprints ineffaceably
impressed.