he brought forth in him the evil which he had conceived in himself by persuading man that if he should eat of the forbidden tree he would become as God, having a knowledge of good and evil. Wretch! what dost thou promise, when thou knowest that the Son of God has the key of knowledge—yea, and is Himself the “key of David, that shutteth and no man openeth”;1 that “in him are hidden all the treasures of the wisdom and knowledge of God”?2 Wouldst thou, then, wickedly steal them away to give them to