XXI.

Argument:  If it is rightly said that Christ is thirsty and dead, it is also

rightly said that he is thirst and death, for it is said in the Psalm itself: 

"I am a worm, and scorn, and despite," and not "I am scorned."  Therefore by

the same principle, it seems that it should be said that Christ is death and

thirst.

Response:  Analogy or etymology does not hold here.  And as I have said, we

must retain the patterns prescribed by the Holy Spirit, especially among the

weak; among strong Christians, it does not matter how you speak, as before

me, since I am not still being taught such things, being already acquainted

with them.  [But] among those who are to be taught, we must refrain.  As long

as the heart does not err, the tongue will not err; our stammering has been a 

roved by the Holy Spirit.  But among those who are to be taught, we must

speak modestly, properly, and aptly.