The Gospel, Divine Instruction, and the Mountain of God
By the guile of men in cunning. 6 Ps 1:5 The ungodly shall rise, but they shall not be judged, being self-condemned for being. For he who does not believe in me, he says, is already judged, having been shown to be condemned from his own unbelief. Ps 1:6a The deeds of the righteous are owned by God; for by this He knows them here. 7 Ps 1:6b Having been shown that the ungodly are not raised in judgment, it has been revealed how many of those sleeping in the dust of the earth are raised, some to eternal life, and others to eternal reproach and shame. For how is it that those being raised to be judged do not rise to eternal reproach and shame, the judgment itself making their sins manifest? If indeed this has become clear, why is it not said that all those sleeping in the dust of the earth are raised, some to eternal life, and others to eternal reproach and shame? For these things have been written concerning only those sinners coming unto judgment and the righteous being raised unto eternal life; of the ungodly, there is nothing of these being raised, nor will there be an examination of them after the resurrection. 8 Ps 2:8 Of all men moving by choice (for they are free agents), no one is essentially good or bad; and since the one possessing virtue is owned by God alone, and every such one becomes an inheritance of God. The whole of Israel was not good; it was said concerning him, 'He became a portion of the Lord, a branch of the inheritance of Israel Jacob.' It is shown that this nation did not only become an inheritance, but through goodness was so treated from what is said concerning God by the holy men: 'He chose for us His inheritance, the beauty of Jacob whom He loved.' If, however, one keeps the commandments and the faith toward God, one becomes an inheritance of God; the one transgressing the commandments of God and falling away from faith toward Him is cast out from such honor, just as he who turns from evil and does good becomes a lot of God even if he was not so before. This sequence remaining, he who formerly through godliness was an heir of God, Israel, becoming an apostate of God, fell away, not receiving the one who previously went before him in blessing, even as also for all other men, the Savior has come. It is necessary, therefore, that another, being fulfilled from many nations, should be brought in and approach...
It is said regarding the gospel: 'You will not add to me, and I will give you life instead of death' (cf. John 10:28), but it is not said of the Son; for it shows that he adds nothing to himself, but rather to those who are in need; just as to a physician and teacher things are given, so that they may become healthy and knowledgeable from him.
But also the saying 'The ends of the earth shall hold fast to you' is understood more simply: until the ends of the earth, his teaching shall prevail, the gospel being preached in all creation under the heaven. If it is possible for the ends of the earth to be called here, understand those who have passed through the earth in life and wisdom.
Ps 2:10: 'Now receive understanding, you risen from the dead who were crucified; and you, rulers, be instructed, knowing what you honored by surrounding with death, having risen, having loosed death' (Ps 2:9 allusion); for this will turn you to serve in fear, knowing what is being plotted against you, what God is, through which you have come. This slavery in fear will cease, having produced progress, so that divine exultation may come to you with trembling; for if any joy comes reasonably, it is exultation; but it does not happen before God with mere trembling. With this, 'Shout for joy to God with a voice of exultation, who is the Most High and awesome' (Ps 2:11 allusion) is consistent; for since the exultation is of the Most High and awesome, it is necessary to have it with trembling.
Ps 2:12a–c: The saying 'Seize instruction' is spoken in an extraordinary way, as if to be the follower of the phrase: 'Seize instruction quickly, and what you are encountering in this life, lest, while you are being sluggish, the Lord be angry and you perish from the way of righteousness' (Ps 2:12).
Ps 3:4: Since it was said that the psalm is proclaimed before the face of the Lord (Ps 3:4), it must be said that his head is also raised, the God who is, or that his divinity becomes manifest to the faithful through demonstration. The name of the head in these things signifies ruler; therefore, Christ, the ruler of men, is rightly their king of those being holy, and in this way he signifies their head.
Ps 3:5: His exceedingly high mountain is able to be a holy mountain of God, from which God hears those praying, his only-begotten Son, concerning whom it was said, 'The mountain of the Lord shall be visible at the end of days' (Ps 3:5), this word indicating the manifestation of what is to come according to...
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κυβείᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἐν πανουργίᾳ. 6 Ps 1,5 ̓Αναστήσονται μὲν οἱ ἀσεβεῖς, ἀλλ' οὐ κριθήσονται τῷ αὐτοκατάκριτοι ει ναι. ̔Ο γὰρ μὴ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, φησίν, η δη κέκριται, κατάκριτος ἐκ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἀπιστίας ἀναδειχθείς. Ps 1,6a Οἰκειοῦται τὰς τῶν δικαίων πράξεις· τούτῳ γὰρ ἐνταῦθα τὸ Γινώσκει. 7 Ps 1,6b ∆ειχθέντος ὡς οἱ ἀσεβεῖς ἐν κρίσει οὐκ ἐγείρονται, πεφανέρωται πῶς Πολλοὶ τῶν καθευδόντων ἐν χώματι γῆς, οἱ μὲν εἰς ζωὴς αἰώνιον, οἱ δὲ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον ἐγείρονται. πῶς γὰρ οὐκ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον ἀνίστανται οἱ ἐπὶ τὸ κριθῆναι ἐγειρόμενοι, αὐτῆς τῆς κρίσεως τὰ ἁμαρτήματα αὐτῶν φανερούσης; εἰ δὴ τοῦτο σαφὲς γέγονεν, διὰ τί μὴ ει ρηται Πάντας ἐγείρεσθαι τοὺς καθεύδοντας ἐν γῆς χώματι, τοὺς μὲν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, τοὺς δὲ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον; ταῦτα γὰρ γέγραπται περὶ μόνων τῶν εἰς κρίσιν ἁμαρτωλῶν ἐρχομένων καὶ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον ἐγειρομένων δικαίων, τῶν ἀσεβῶν οὐκ ει ς τι τούτων ἐγειρομένων, οὐκ ἐσομένης ἐξετάσεως αὐτῶν μετὰ ἀνάστασιν. 8 Ps 2,8 Πάντων ἀνθρώπων προαιρετικῶς κινουμένων (αὐτεξούσιοι γάρ), οὐδεὶς κατ' οὐσίαν ἀγαθὸς η κακός ἐστιν· καὶ ἐπεὶ ὁ ἀρετῆς μετέχων οἰκειοῦται θεῷ μόνος, καὶ πᾶς ὁ τοιοῦτος κληρονομία θεοῦ τυγχάνει. ο τε ου ν ὁ ̓Ισραὴλ ἀγαθὸς ὑπῆρχεν, ἐλέγετο περὶ αὐτοῦ ̓Εγενήθη μέρις κυρίου ̓Ιακώβ, σχοίνισμα κληρονομίας αὐτοῦ ̓Ισραήλ. παρίσταται ὡς οὐκ ἀποκληρωτικῶς μόνον τὸ ε θνος τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ διὰ καλοκἀγαθίαν ου τως ἐχρημάτισεν ἐκ τοῦ περὶ θεοῦ λεγομένου ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων ἀνδρῶν ̓Εξελέξατο ἡμῖν τὴν κληρονομίαν αὐτοῦ, τὴν καλλονὴν ̓Ιακὼβ η ν ἠγάπησεν. εἰ δὲ τηρήσει ἐντολῶν καὶ πίστει τῇ εἰς θεὸν κληρονομία τις γίνεται θεοῦ, ὁ παραβαίνων τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τῆς εἰς αὐτὸν πίστεως μεταπίπτων ἐκβάλλεται τῆς τοιαύτης τιμῆς, ὡς αυ ὁ ἐκκλίνας ἀπὸ τοῦ κακοῦ καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ποιῶν γίνεται θεοῦ κλῆρος καίπερ οὐκ ω ν πρότερον. ταύτης μενούσης τῆς ἀκολουθίας, ὁ πάλαι διὰ θεοσέβειαν ω ν κληρονόμος θεοῦ ̓Ισραήλ, ἀποστάτης θεοῦ γενόμενος μετέπεσεν, οὐ δεξάμενος τὸν ἐπ' εὐεργεσίᾳ προηγουμένως αὐτοῦ, ει τα καὶ τῶν α λλων ἀνθρώπων, ἐληλυθότα σωτῆρα. ε δει τοίνυν ἀντεισαχθῆναι ε τερον συμπληρούμενον ἐκ πλειόνων ἐθνῶν καὶ προσερχόμενον τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ. Τὸ ου ν Αι τησαι παρ' ἐμοῦ καὶ δώσω σοι ἡμῶν ε νεκα ἀλλ' οὐ τοῦ υἱοῦ ει ρηται· δηλοῖ γὰρ ὡς οὐκ αὐτῷ προστίθεταί τι ἀλλὰ τοῖς δεομένοις αὐτοῦ· ὡς γὰρ ἰατρῷ καὶ διδασκάλῳ δίδονται, ινα ὑγιαίνοντες καὶ ἐπιστήμονες ἐξ αὐτοῦ γένωνται. ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ Τὴν κατάσχεσίν σου τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς ἁπλούστερον νοηθείη ου τως· μέχρι τῶν ἐσχάτων τῆς γῆς ἡ σὴ κρατήσει διδασκαλία, κηρυττομένου τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ἐν πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει τῇ ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν. εἰ δυνατὸν πέρατα τῆς γῆς καλεῖσθαι ἐνταῦθα τοὺς βίῳ καὶ φρονήματι περάσαντας τὴν γῆν, ἐπίστησον. 9 Ps 2,10 Κα ν νῦν σύνεσιν λάβετε ἀναστάντος ἐκ νεκρῶν τοῦ σταυρωθέντος, καὶ ὑμεῖς δὲ οἱ α ρχοντες παιδεύθητε γνόντες, ο τι, ο ν ἐδόξατε περιβαλεῖν θανάτῳ, ἀνέστη λύσας τὴν νεκρότητα· τοῦτο γὰρ προτρέψεται δουλεῦσαι ὑμᾶς ἐν φόβῳ τῷ ἐπιβουλευθέντι πρὸς ὑμῖν γνοῦσιν, ο τι θεός ἐστιν, καθ' ου συνεληλύθειτε. αυ τη ἡ ἐν φόβῳ δουλεία πεπαύσεται προκοπῆς γεγενημένης, ὡς θείαν ἀγαλλίασιν μετὰ τρόμου ἐγγενέσθαι ὑμῖν· εἰ γὰρ καὶ χαρά τις εὐλόγως γινομένη, τυγχάνει ἡ ἀγαλλίασις· ἀλλ' ου ν ἐπὶ θεῷ σὺν τρόμῳ γίνεται. τούτῳ συνᾴδει τὸ ̓Αλαλάξατε τῷ θεῷ ἐν φωνῇ ἀγαλλιάσεως, ο τι κύριος υ ψιστος φοβερός· ὑψίστου γὰρ φοβεροῦ ο ντος τοῦ ἐφ' ῳ ἡ ἀγαλλίασις, μετὰ τρόμου ε χειν αὐτὴν δεῖ. 10 Ps 2,12a–c Τὸ ̓Εν τάχει τῷ ∆ράξασθε παιδείας ἀποδοτέον καθ' ὑπερβατὸν εἰρημένον, ὡς ει ναι τὸ ἀκόλουθον τῆς φράσεως ου τως· 2 ∆ράξασθε παιδείας ἐν τάχει καὶ ε τι ἐν τῷ βίῳ τούτῳ τυγχάνοντες, μήποτε, ῥαθυμούντων ὑμῶν, ὀργισθῇ κύριος καὶ ἀπολεῖσθε ἐξ ὁδοῦ δικαίας. 11 Ps 3,4 ̓Επειδὴ δ' ἐλέχθη ὡς ἐκ προσώπου κυρίου ὁ ψαλμὸς ἀπαγγέλλεται, ῥητέον ὡς καὶ αὐτοῦ ὑψοῦται ἡ κεφαλή, ὁ θεὸς ου σα, ο τ' α ν ἡ θεότης αὐτοῦ φανερὰ δι' ἀποδείξεως τοῖς πιστοῖς γίνεται. σημαίνει τὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς ο νομα ἐν τούτοις α ρχοντα· διὸ τῶν ἀνδρῶν α ρχων ὁ Χριστὸς ἁγίων ο ντων βασιλεὺς αὐτῶν εἰκότως ἐστίν, καὶ ταύτῃ κεφαλὴ αὐτῶν χρηματίζει. 12 Ps 3,5 ̔Η ὑπερφυὴς γνῶσις αὐτοῦ δύναται ο ρος α γιον ει ναι θεοῦ, ἐξ ου εἰσακούει τῶν εὐχομένων θεός, ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, περὶ ου ει ρηται Εσται ἐμφανὲς τὸ ορος κυρίου ἐπ' ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν, δηλούσης τῆς λέξεως ταύτης τὴν γενομένην αὐτοῦ φανέρωσιν κατὰ
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