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| Chapter XXXVII.—Christ is our leader, and we His soldiers.
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Let us then, men and brethren, with all energy act
the part of soldiers, in accordance with His holy commandments. Let us
consider those who serve under our generals, with what order, obedience,
and submissiveness they perform the things which are commanded them. All
are not prefects, nor commanders of a thousand, nor of a hundred, nor of
fifty, nor the like, but each one in his own rank performs the things
commanded by the king and the generals. The great cannot subsist without
the small, nor the small without the great. There is a kind of mixture in
all things, and thence arises mutual advantage.162
| 162 Literally, “in these there is
use.” | Let us take our body for an example.163
The head is nothing without the feet, and
the feet are nothing without the head; yea, the very smallest members of
our body are necessary and useful to the whole body. But all work164
| 164 Literally, “all breathe
together.” | harmoniously together, and are under one
common rule165
| 165 Literally,
“use one subjection.” | for the preservation of the
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