cised ten, and eight, and three hundred men of his household.'" What, then, was the knowl- edge given to him in this? Learn the eighteen first, and then the three hundred.^ The ten and the eight are thus denoted — Ten by I, and Eight by H. ^ You have [the initials of the name of] Jesus. And because •* the cross was to express the grace [of our redemption] by the letter T, he says also, " Three Hundred." He signifies, therefore, Jesus by two letters, and the cross by one. He knows this, who has put within us the engrafted 5 gift of His doctrine. No one has been admitted by me to a more excellent piece of knowledge'' than this, but I know that ye are worthy.