XI. In heaven, the maiden says, each man is paid alike. God is no niggard. The grace of God is sufficient for all. Those who live long on the earth often forfeit heaven by sinning. Innocents are saved by baptism. Why should not God allow their labour. Our first father lost heaven by eating an apple. And all are damned for the sin of Adam. But there came one who paid the penalty of our sins. The water that came from the pierced side of Christ was baptism. XII. Repentance must be sought by prayer with sorrow and affliction. The guilty may be saved by contrition. Two sorts of people are saved, the _righteous_ and the _innocent_. The words of David. The innocent is saved by right. The words of Solomon. David says no man living is justified. Pray to be saved by innocence and not by right. When Jesus was on earth, little children were brought unto him. The disciples rebuked the parents. Christ said, “Suffer little children to come unto me,” etc. XIII. No one can win heaven except he be meek as a child. The pearl of price is like the kingdom of heaven, pure and clean. Forsake the mad world and purchase the spotless pearl. The father of the maiden desires to know who formed her figure and wrought her garments. Her beauty, he says, is not natural. Her colour passes the fleur-de-lis. The maiden explains to her father that she is a bride of Christ. She is without spot or blemish. Her weeds are washed in the blood of Christ. The father asks the nature of the Lamb that has chosen his daughter, and why she is selected as a bride. XIV. The Lamb has one hundred and forty thousand brides. St. John saw them on the hill of Sion in a dream, in the new city of Jerusalem. Isaiah speaks of Christ or the Lamb. He says that He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. In Jerusalem was Christ slain. With buffets was His face flayed. He endured all patiently as a lamb. For us He died in Jerusalem. The declaration of St. John, “Behold the Lamb of God,” etc. Who can reckon His generation, that died in Jerusalem? In the New Jerusalem St. John saw the Lamb sitting upon the throne. XV. The Lamb is without blemish. Every spotless soul is a worthy bride for the Lamb. No strife or envy among the brides. None can have less bliss than another. Our death leads us to bliss. What St. John saw upon the Mount of Sion. About the Lamb he saw one hundred and forty thousand maidens. He heard a voice from heaven, like many floods. He heard the maiden sing a new song. So did the four beasts and the elders “so sad of cheer.” This assembly was like the Lamb, spotless and pure. The father replies to the maiden. He says he is but dust and ashes. He wishes to ask one question, whether the brides have their abode in castle-walls or in manor.