Let us then, men and brethren, with all energy act the part of soldiers, in accordance with His holy commandments. Let us consider those who sen^e under our generals, with what order, obedience, and submissiveness they perform the things which are commanded them. All are not prefects, nor commanders of a thousand, nor of a hundred, nor of fifty, nor the like, but each one in his own rank performs the things com- manded by the king and the generals. The great cannot subsist without the small, nor the small without the great. There is a kind of mixture in all things, and thence arises mutual advantage.^ Let us take our body for an ex- ample.9 The head is nothing without the feet, anci the feet are nothing without the head ; yea, the very smallest members of our body are neces- sary and useful to the whole body. But all work '° harmoniously together, and are under one common rule " for the preservation of the whole body.