Finally, the former man will be destroyed and the new will thrive provided, however, that I obey the voice of Him who speaks to me so clearly in the most secret recesses of my reason, and who having made Himself sensible to adapt Himself to my weakness and corruption and to give me life through what used to give me death, speaks to me still in a strong, lively, and familiar way through my senses,.e., through the preaching of His Gospel.