converted to God before we can serve him. From this also we gather the essence and nature of true faith, inasmuch as no one gives due credit to God but the man who, renouncing the vanity of his own understanding, embraces and receives the pure worship of God. 9. To serve the living and true God. This is the purpose and effect of genuine conversion. We see, indeed, that many leave off superstitions who nevertheless after taking this step are so far from making progress in piety that they fall into