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nothing of the vine, which is Christ, nor leaving it barren; but improving their own fruitful branches through all diligence. Chap. 20. MATTHEW. I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit, he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 1 CORINTHIANS. I planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. As builders of God's temple, preparing each person's soul, to be fitted together to the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Chap. 21. 1 CORINTHIANS. According to the grace of God which was given to me, as a wise master builder, I have laid the foundation; and another builds on it. But let each one take heed how he builds on it. For no other foundation can anyone lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. TO THE EPHESIANS. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit. Chap. 22. What is proper to a Christian? Faith working through love. What is proper to faith? An undoubting assurance of the truth of the divinely inspired words, shaken by no reasoning, whether introduced by natural necessity, or contrived for piety. What is proper to a faithful person? To be disposed in such assurance to the power of the things said, and to dare to reject nothing, or add anything to it. For if everything that is not of faith is sin, as the Apostle says, and faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of God; everything that is outside of the divinely inspired Scripture, not being of faith, is sin. What is proper to love for God? To keep his commandments for the purpose of his glory. What is proper to love for neighbor? Not to seek one's own things, but those of the beloved for the benefit of both soul and body. What is proper to a Christian? To be born from above through baptism of water and Spirit. What is proper to one born of water? Just as Christ died to sin once for all, so also for him to be dead and 31.869 motionless to all sin, according to what is written, that As many of us as were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death. We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death, knowing this, that our old man was crucified with him, that the body of sin might be done away with, that we should no longer be slaves to sin. What is proper to one born of the Spirit? To become that, according to the measure given, which is that from which he was born, as it is written, that That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. What is proper to one born from above? To put off the old man with his practices and desires, and to put on the new man who is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of him who created him, according to what has been said, that As many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. What is proper to a Christian? To be cleansed from all defilement of flesh and spirit in the blood of Christ, and to perfect holiness in the fear of God and love of Christ, and to have no spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, but to be holy and blameless, and so to eat the body of Christ and drink the blood. For he who eats and drinks unworthily, eats and drinks judgment to himself. What is proper to those who eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord? To keep a perpetual remembrance of him who died for us and rose again. What is proper to those who keep such a remembrance? To no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for them and rose again. What is proper to a Christian? For his righteousness to abound in everything, more than that of the scribes and Pharisees, according to the measure of the Lord's teaching in the Gospel. What is proper to

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οὐδὲν τῆς ἀμπέλου, ἥτις ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστὸς, οὔτε μὴν ἄκαρπον ἐναφιέντας· τὰ δὲ οἰκεῖα καὶ καρποφόρα διὰ πάσης ἐπιμελείας βελτιοῦντας. Κεφάλ. κʹ. ΜΑΤΘΑΙΟΣ. Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ ἀληθινὴ, καὶ ὁ Πατήρ μου ὁ γεωργός ἐστι. Πᾶν κλῆμα, ἐν ἐμοὶ μὴ φέρον καρπὸν, αἴρει αὐτὸ, καὶ πᾶν, τὸ καρπὸν φέρον, καθαίρει αὐτὸ, ἵνα πλείονα καρπὸν φέρῃ. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. αʹ. Ἐγὼ ἐφύτευσα, Ἀπολλὼς ἐπότισεν· ἀλλ' ὁ Θεὸς ηὔξανεν. Ὡς οἰκοδόμους ναοῦ Θεοῦ, καταρτίζοντας τὴν ἑκάστου ψυχὴν, εἰς τὸ συναρμολογηθῆναι τῷ θεμε λίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν. Κεφάλ. καʹ. ΠΡΟΣ ΚΟΡ. αʹ. Κατὰ τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὴν δοθεῖσάν μοι, ὡς σοφὸς ἀρχιτέκτων, θεμέλιον τέθεικα· ἄλλος δὲ ἐποικοδομεῖ. Ἕκαστος δὲ βλεπέτω πῶς ἐποικοδομεῖ. Θεμέλιον γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδεὶς δύναται θεῖναι παρὰ τὸν κείμενον, ὅς ἐστιν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. ΠΡΟΣ ΕΦΕΣ. Ἄρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι, ἀλλὰ συμπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ οἰκεῖοι τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐποικοδομηθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωνιαίου αὐτοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἐν ᾧ πᾶσα οἰκοδομὴ συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον ἐν Κυρίῳ, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς συνοικοδομεῖσθε εἰς κατοικητήριον Θεοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι. Κεφάλ. κβʹ. Τί ἴδιον Χριστιανοῦ; Πίστις δι' ἀγάπης ἐνεργουμένη. Τί ἴδιον πίστεως; Ἀδιάκριτος πληροφορία τῆς ἀληθείας τῶν θεοπνεύστων ῥημάτων, οὐδενὶ λογισμῷ, οὔτε ὑπὸ φυσικῆς ἀνάγκης εἰσαγομένῳ, οὔτε πρὸς εὐσέβειαν ἐσχηματισμένῳ, διασαλευομένη. Τί ἴδιον πιστοῦ; Τὸ ἐν τοιαύτῃ πληροφορίᾳ συνδιατίθεσθαι τῇ δυνάμει τῶν εἰρημένων, καὶ μηδὲν τολμᾷν ἀθετεῖν, ἢ ἐπιδιατάσσεσθαι. Εἰ γὰρ πᾶν ὃ οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως, ἁμαρτία ἐστὶν, ὥς φησιν ὁ Ἀπόστολος, ἡ δὲ πίστις ἐξ ἀκοῆς, ἡ δὲ ἀκοὴ διὰ ῥήματος Θεοῦ· πᾶν τὸ ἐκτὸς τῆς θεοπνεύστου Γραφῆς οὐκ ἐκ πίστεως ὂν, ἁμαρτία ἐστίν. Τί ἴδιον τῆς πρὸς Θεὸν ἀγάπης; Τὸ τηρεῖν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ κατὰ σκοπὸν τῆς αὐτοῦ δόξης. Τί ἴδιον τῆς πρὸς τὸν πλησίον ἀγάπης; Τὸ μὴ ζητεῖν τὰ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὰ τοῦ ἀγαπωμένου πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον τῇ τε ψυχῇ καὶ τῷ σώματι. Τί ἴδιον Χριστιανοῦ; Τὸ διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος ἐξ ὕδατος καὶ Πνεύματος γεννηθῆναι ἄνωθεν. Τί ἴδιον τοῦ γεννηθέντος ἐξ ὕδατος; Τὸ, καθὼς ὁ Χριστὸς ἀπέθανε τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ ἐφάπαξ, οὕτω καὶ αὐτὸν νεκρὸν εἶναι καὶ 31.869 ἀκίνητον πρὸς πᾶσαν ἁμαρτίαν, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, ὅτι Ὅσοι ἐβαπτίσθημεν εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, εἰς τὸν θάνατον αὐτοῦ ἐβαπτίσθημεν. Συνετάφημεν οὖν αὐτῷ διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος εἰς τὸν θάνατον, τοῦτο γινώσκοντες, ὅτι ὁ παλαιὸς ἡμῶν ἄν- θρωπος συνεσταυρώθη, ἵνα καταργηθῇ τὸ σῶμα τῆς ἁμαρτίας, τοῦ μηκέτι δουλεύειν ἡμᾶς τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ. Τί ἴδιον τοῦ γεννηθέντος ἐκ Πνεύματος; Τὸ γενέσθαι ἐκεῖνο κατὰ τὸ διδόμενον μέτρον, ὅπερ ἐστὶ τὸ ἐξ οὗ ἐγεννήθη, καθὼς γέγραπται, ὅτι Τὸ γε- γεννημένον ἐκ τῆς σαρκὸς, σάρξ ἐστι· καὶ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος, πνεῦμά ἐστιν. Τί ἴδιον τοῦ ἄνωθεν γεννηθέντος; Τὸ ἀπεκδύσασθαι τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον σὺν ταῖς πράξεσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις, καὶ ἐνδύσασθαι τὸν νέον τὸν ἀνακαινούμενον εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν κατ' εἰκόνα τοῦ κτίσαντος αὐτὸν, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον, ὅτι Ὅσοι εἰς Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθητε, Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσασθε. Τί ἴδιον Χριστιανοῦ; Τὸ καθαρισθῆναι μὲν ἀπὸ παντὸς μολυσμοῦ σαρκὸς καὶ πνεύματος ἐν τῷ αἵματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐπιτελεῖν δὲ ἁγιωσύνην ἐν φόβῳ Θεοῦ καὶ ἀγάπῃ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ μὴ ἔχειν σπῖλον ἢ ῥυτίδα, ἤ τι τῶν τοιούτων, ἀλλ' εἶναι ἅγιον καὶ ἄμωμον, καὶ οὕτως ἐσθίειν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ πίνειν τὸ αἷμα. Ὁ γὰρ ἐσθίων καὶ πίνων ἀναξίως, κρῖμα ἑαυτῷ ἐσθίει καὶ πίνει. Τί ἴδιον τῶν ἐσθιόντων τὸν ἄρτον, καὶ πινόντων τὸ ποτήριον τοῦ Κυρίου; Τὸ τὴν μνήμην φυλάσσειν διηνεκῆ τοῦ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀποθανόντος καὶ ἐγερθέντος. Τί ἴδιον τῶν φυλασσόντων τὴν τοιαύτην μνήμην; Τὸ μηκέτι ἑαυτοῖς ζῇν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν ἀποθανόντι καὶ ἐγερθέντι. Τί ἴδιον Χριστιανοῦ; Τὸ περισσεύειν αὐτοῦ τὴν δικαιοσύνην ἐν παντὶ, πλέον τῶν γραμματέων καὶ Φαρι- σαίων, κατὰ τὸ μέτρον τῆς κατὰ τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Κυρίου διδασκαλίας. Τί ἴδιον