But now, O Jehovah, You are our Father, we are the clay, and You are our potter; and we are all the work of Your hands. Isa 64:8, 9.

'Clay' stands for the member himself of the Church who is being formed, and so stands for good stemming from charity by means of which the formation, that is, the reformation and regeneration, of every man is achieved In Jeremiah,

Like the clay in the hand of the potter so are you in My hand,^a O house of Israel. Jer 18:6.

Here too 'clay' has a similar meaning. Whether reference is made to building with clay or to forming from it, it amounts to the same.

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