Shepherd of Hermas Similitude Eighth And the great and glorious angel Michael is he who has authority over this people, and governs them;[13] The First Epistle of Clement Concerning Virginity If so be, then, that thou longest for all these things, conquer the body; conquer the appetites of the flesh; conquer the world in the Spirit of God; conquer these vain things of time, which pass away and grow old, and decay, and come to an end; conquer the dragon;[38]