C. — that Ib his regeneration in order that he may be bom

spiritual, not fleshly.
J. — the Scripture saith (H. he sajrs) :
" lift up the gates, ye who are rulers of you, and be
1 Cf. Ps. xxviii 10. * Ibid., 3.
> Conflation of LXX. of Ps. xxiv. 17 and Ps. xxi. 21.
^ A paraphrase of LXX. — Is. xli. 8.
^ A paraphrase of LXX. — Is. xliiL 1.
* Isaiah ; or the Word speaking through the prophet
7 Is. xliii. 1.
" Sc. Isaiah.
' Paraphrase of LXX. — Is. xlix. 15.
10 Is. xlix. 16.
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ye lift up ye everlasting gates, and the King of Glory shall come in." ^
This is a wonder of wonders.
"For who (H. he says) is this King of Glory ?2 A worm ^ and no man, the scorn of men, and the con- tempt of the peopled He is the King of Glory, the Mighty in War." «
By " War " he • means the " [war] in the body," for the plasm is compounded of warring elements, as it is written (H. he says) :
" Kemember the war that is [warred] in the body." ^
This (H. he says) is the Entrance, and this is the Gate, which Jacob saw, when he journeyed into Meso- potamia.^
G. Which is the passing from childhood to puberty and man- hood ; that is, it was made known to him who journeyed into Mesopotamia.
J. And Meso-potamia (H. he says) is the Stream
of Great Ocean flowing from the middle of the Perfect
Man. And he® marvelled at the Heavenly Gate, saying: ** How terrible [is] this place ! This is naught else
than the House of God ; yea, this [is] the Gkite of
Heaven." 10