{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/008/0080034.htm","path":"chr/ecf/008/0080034.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/008/0080034.htm","text":"Chapter IX.\u2014Continuation of the Subject of Mortification; Dignity of Persons Consecrated to God.\nHe in whomsoever the Spirit of God is, is in accord with the will of the Spirit of God; and, because he is in accord with the Spirit of God, therefore does he mortify the deeds of the body and live unto God, \u201ctreading down and subjugating the body and keeping it under; so that, while preaching to others,\u201d he may be a beautiful example and pattern to believers, and may spend his life in works which are worthy of the Holy Spirit, so that he may \u201cnot be cast away,\u201d 372 but may be approved before God and before men. For in \u201cthe man who is of God,\u201d 373 with him I say there is nothing of the mind of the flesh; and especially in virgins of either sex; but the fruits of all of them are \u201cthe fruits of the Spirit\u201d 374 and of life, and they are truly the city of God, and the houses and temples in which God abides and dwells, and among which He walks, as in the holy city of heaven. For in this \u201cdo ye appear to the world as lights, in that ye give heed to the Word of life,\u201d 375 and thus ye are in truth the praise, and the boast, and the crown of rejoicing, and the delight of good servants in our Lord Jesus Christ. For all who see you will \u201cacknowledge that ye are the seed which the Lord hath blessed;\u201d 376 in very deed a seed honourable and holy, and \u201ca priestly kingdom, a holy people, the people of the inheritance,\u201d 377 the heirs of the promises of God; of things which do not decay, nor wither; of \u201cthat which eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and which hath not come up into the heart of man; of that which God hath prepared for those who love Him and keep His commandments.\u201d 378\nPhil. 2:15, 16.\n58:376 58:377 58:378","title":"Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol VIII: Two Epistles Concerning Virginity.: Chapter IX","type":"page"}