135. Moreover, there is a Cup, wherewith Thou dost use to purify the hidden chambers of the soul, a Cup not of the old order, i.e., not of the old Dispensation—not provided for in the Mosaic ritual; also, not belonging to the old Creation, but a pledge and premonition of the new (Rev. xxi. 5). nor filled from a common Vine,—a new Cup, brought down from heaven to earth, Cf. S. John vi. 32, 50–51. filled with wine pressed from the wondrous cluster, which hung in fleshly form upon the tree of the Cross, even as the grape hangs upon the Vine. From this Cluster, then, is the Wine that maketh glad the heart of man, Judg. ix. 13. uplifts the sorrowful, is fragrant with, pours into us, the ecstasy of faith, true devotion, and purity.