A sample of what appears in the Real Messiah order it hereInstructor 2:8 Wherefore also the Lord Himself is anointed with an ointment, as is mentioned by David: “Wherefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows; myrrh, and stacte, and cassia from thy garments.” Ps. xlv. 7, 8. But let us not unconsciously abominate unguents, like vultures or like beetles (for these, they say, when smeared with ointment, die); and let a few unguents be selected by women, such as will not be overpowering to a husband. For excessive anointings with unguents savour of a funeral 255and not of connubial life. Yet oil itself is inimical to bees and insects; and some men it benefits, and some it summons to the fight; and those who were formerly friends, when anointed with it, it turns out to deadly combat.
Stromata 6:15 And, in truth, the kingly man and Christian ought to be ruler and leader. For we are commanded to be lords over not only the wild beasts without us, but also over the wild passions within ourselves. Through the knowledge, then, as appears, of a bad and good life is the Gnostic saved, understanding and executing “more than the scribes and Pharisees.” [Matt. v. 20]. “Exert thyself, and prosper, and reign” writes David, “because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness; and thy right hand shall guide thee marvellously,” [Ps. xlv. 4] that is, the Lord.
Stromata 6:11 Such David describes the Church: “The queen stood on thy right hand, enveloped in a golden robe, variegated;” [Ps. xlv. 9] and with Hellenic and superabundant accomplishments, “clothed variegated with gold-fringed garments.” [Ps. xlv. 14]
