1.  IT  CONFESS  to  you,  holy  brethren,  I  was  afraid  the  cold
JL  would  have  made  you  cold  in  assembling  yourselves
together ;  but  since  you  prove  by  this,  your  crowded  assembly,
that  you  are  fervent  in  spirit,  I  doubt  not  that  you  have  also
prayed  for  me,  that  I  may  pay  you  what  I  owe.  For  I  pro-
mised you  in  the  name  of  Christ  that,  as  the  shortness  of  the
time  prevented  us  from  expounding  it  before,  I  would  to-day
discuss  why  God  was  pleased  to  manifest  the  Holy  Ghost  in
the  form  of  a  dove.  That  this  may  be  explained,  this  day  has
dawned  on  us ;  and  I  perceive  that  from  eagerness  to  hear,  and
pious  devotion,  you  have  come  together  in  greater  number  than
usual.  May  God,  by  our  mouth,  fulfil  your  expectation.  For
your  coming  together  is  of  your  love ;  but  love  of  what  ?  If
of  us,  even  that  is  well ;  for  we  desire  to  be  loved  by  you,  but
not  in  ourselves.  Because  we  love  you  in  Christ,  do  you  love
us  in  Christ  in  return,  and  let  our  love  mutually  sigh  towards
God ;  for  the  note  of  the  dove  is  a  sighing  or  moaning.
