The Confessions And Letters Of St

13. Proceed in thy confession, say to the Lord thy God, O my faith, Holy, Holy, Holy, O Lord my God, in Thy name have we been baptized, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, in Thy name do we baptize, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, [1206] because among us also in His Christ did God make heaven and earth, namely, the spiritual and carnal people of His Church. [1207] Yea, and our earth, before it received the "form of doctrine," [1208] was invisible and formless, and we were covered with the darkness of ignorance. For Thou correctest man for iniquity, [1209] and "Thy judgments are a great deep." [1210] But because Thy Spirit was "borne over the waters," [1211] Thy mercy forsook not our misery, [1212] and Thou saidst, "Let there be light," "Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." [1213] Repent ye, let there be light. [1214] And because our soul was troubled within us, [1215] we remembered Thee, O Lord, from the land of Jordan, and that mountain [1216] equal unto Thyself, but little for our sakes; and upon our being displeased with our darkness, we turned unto Thee, "and there was light." And, behold, we were sometimes darkness, but now light in the Lord. [1217]