The Ways of Death and Life
And a holy one sanctifies, not is being sanctified. Therefore also he is blessed, the fountain of all blessing to us (Ps 67:21-22). If the preceding things are said concerning common death, there are myriad ways known to all toward the common death; but if concerning living according to God and the death opposing this is also signified here, our God, the Savior, is the God of saving. For he becomes the cause of eternal salvation. Indeed he says concerning himself, 'The Savior does not stand away from me.' Just as God is of saving, so also the exits of death do not possess him as lord, providing always exits through which one comes out through repentance from the death following sin. For also the devil is not so named in 'Death prevailed, having been strong.' But he provides the exits of death to the one lifted up from the gates of death (1 Chron 4:10). And the heads are the enemies, or the rulers, or the dominating things, as in 'From the heads of the rulers of nations'; and the dominating thing in 'I gave their paths into their heads' (Ps 74:6), and 'Your hands are upon my head' (Ps 139:10). Both perhaps are shown by 'You cast death into the heads of the lawless' (Ps 140:9), the God doing good so that they might not live wickedly, being described as the life according to sin. But these enemies, being such, wander in their transgressions.
It should be noted also what the divine scripture sets as the name of the vision concerning Moses. For the ways of God are not grasped, but are pious and with right understanding (Ps 67:26). Let us say 'those singing who accomplish the practical life,' and let us omit the young women playing the timbrel, having deadened the members upon the earth and carrying the death of Jesus in their bodies, souls wandering. These singers were overtaken by the rulers according to teaching, so that they themselves might begin from practical virtue. But they are also in the midst of young women, those who because of having the beginning of playing the timbrel—that is, deadening the members upon the earth of the young women spoken of—are the rulers overtaking the singers, which are the apostles. The springs of Israel are the legal and prophetic writings. For from these springs the Lord is blessed toward those able to draw from them the spring of salvation (Ps 67:27).
welling up for eternal life
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καὶ α γιος ἁγιάζων, οὐχ ἁγιαζόμενος· ου τω καὶ εὐλόγητός ἐστι, πηγὴ πάσης εὐλογίας ω ν. 697a Ps 67,21.22 Εἰ μὲν περὶ τοῦ κοινοῦ θανάτου λέγεται τὰ προκείμενα, μυρίαι εἰσὶν ὁδοὶ γνώριμοι πᾶσιν εἰς τὸν κοινὸν α γουσαι θάνατον· εἰ δὲ περὶ τοῦ κατὰ θεὸν ζῆν καὶ τοῦ ἐναντιουμένου τούτῳ θανάτου καὶ ἐνταῦθα σημαίνεται, θεὸς ἡμῶν ω ν ὁ σωτὴρ θεὸς τοῦ σῴζειν ἐστίν. γίνεται γὰρ αι τιος σωτηρίας αἰωνίου. λέγει γοῦν περὶ ἑαυτοῦ Σῴζων οὐκ ε στι πάρεξ ἐμοῦ. Ωσπερ ου ν τοῦ σῴζειν ἐστὶν ὁ θεός, ου τω καὶ αἱ διέξοδοι τοῦ θανάτου τυγχάνουσιν αὐτοῦ κυρίου ο ντος, παρέχοντος ἀεὶ διεξόδους δι' ω ν τις ἐξέρχεται διὰ μετανοίας τοῦ ἑπομένου τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ θανάτου. Καὶ ὁ διάβολος γὰρ ου τως ὠνόμασται ἐν τῷ Κατέπιεν ὁ θάνατος ἰσχύσας. παρέχει δὲ τὰς διεξόδους τοῦ θανάτου τῷ ὑψωθέντι ἐκ τῶν πυλῶν τοῦ θανάτου. κεφαλαὶ δὲ ἐχθρῶν η οἱ α ρχοντες η τὰ ἡγεμονικά, ὡς ἐν τῷ ̓Απὸ κεφαλῆς ἀρχόντων ἐθνῶν· τὸ δὲ ἡγεμονικὸν ἐν τῷ Τὰς ὁδοὺς αὐτῶν ε δωκα εἰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν, καὶ τῷ Αἱ χεῖρές σου ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς σου. ἀμφότερα δὲ ι σως δηλοῖ τὸ Εβαλες εἰς κεφαλὰς ἀνόμων θάνατον, εὐεργετοῦντος θεοῦ ο πως μὴ ζῶσιν ε τι πονηρῶς περιγραφείσης τῆς καθ' ἁμαρτίαν ζωῆς. ἐχθροὶ δὲ ου τοι ο ντες ἐκ τοῦ πλημμελεῖν διαπορεύονται ἐν πλημμελείαις αὐτῶν. 698a Ps 67,25 Σημειωτέον δὲ ο τι καὶ ἡ θεία γραφὴ ἐπὶ τῆς Μωσέως τὸ τῆς θεωρίας ο νομα τάττει. οὐ γὰρ ο ψει αἱ πορεῖαι τοῦ θεοῦ καταλαμβάνονται ἀλλ' εὐσεβεῖ καὶ ὀρθῇ νοήσει. 699a Ps 67,26 Ψάλλοντας τοὺς τὸν πρακτικὸν κατορθοῦντας βίον λεκτέον, καὶ νεανίδας τυμπανιστρίας ἑπομένως ἐκληπτέον τὰς νεκρωσάσας τὰ μέλη τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ τὴν νέκρωσιν τοῦ ̓Ιησοῦ ἐν τῷ σώματι ἑαυτῶν περιφερούσας ψυχάς. τούτους τοὺς ψάλλοντας προέφθασαν οἱ κατὰ διδασκαλίαν α ρχοντες τῷ καὶ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ πρακτικῆς ἀρετῆς η ρχθαι. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν μέσῳ νεανίδων εἰσὶν τῶν διὰ τὸ ἀρχὴν ε χειν τοῦ τυμπανίζειν, τουτέστι νεκροῦν τὰ μέλη τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς νεανίδων εἰρημένων. α ρχοντες προφθάνοντες τοὺς ψάλλοντάς εἰσιν οἱ ἀπόστολοι. 700a Ps 67,27 Πηγαὶ τοῦ ̓Ισραὴλ αἱ νομικαὶ καὶ προφητικαὶ γραφαί. ἐκ τούτων γὰρ τῶν πηγῶν ὁ κύριος εὐλογεῖται πρὸς τῶν δυναμένων ἀντλεῖν ἐξ αὐτῶν σωτηρίου πηγῶν οὐσῶν μετ' εὐφροσύνης υ δωρ. τοῦτο δ' ἐστὶ περὶ ου ὁ ̓Ιησοῦς ει πεν Ος δ' α ν πίῃ ἐκ τοῦ υ δατος ου ἐγὼ δώσω αὐτῷ, ε ξει ἐν ἑαυτῷ πηγὴν υ δατος ἀλλομένου εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον. ̓Ελεγκτέον δὲ διὰ τούτου τοὺς διακόπτοντας τὴν παλαιὰν γραφὴν ἀπὸ τῆς καινῆς, ὡς οὐ δύνανται ἐν ἐκκλησίαις εὐλογεῖν τὸν θεόν, οὐκ ε χοντες τὰς τοῦ ̓Ισραὴλ πηγὰς οὐδὲ τὸν κύριον αὐτῶν α τε καὶ τὴν θεότητα αὐτὴν διαιρεῖν τολμῶντες. 701a Ps 67,29.30 Εντειλαι τῇ δυνάμει σου ἐπὶ πάντων, δημιουργέ, ι ν' ἐπιδημήσασα λύσῃ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῶν ἀνθρώπων. λύσει δὲ αὐτὴν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἐλθοῦσα ἀπὸ τοῦ ναοῦ σου, ἐνδυναμωθέντος τοῦ ἡμῶν ε νεκα κατεργασθέντος. τοῦτο δ' ἐστὶ τὸ τεχθῆναι τὸν ̓Εμμανουὴλ τῷ γενέσθαι σάρκα τὸν λόγον σου. ταύτῃ τῇ δυνάμει θεῷ λόγῳ ου σῃ 131 ει πεν ὁ θεός, ι να γενηθῇ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἐνετείλατο, ι να κτισθῶσι διάφορα. Λυθείσης τῆς ἀσθενείας παρουσίᾳ τῆς θεοῦ δυνάμεως, οἱ βασιλεῖς κομίζουσι δῶρα τῷ θεῷ ἐπὶ τὴν πνευματικὴν ̔Ιερουσαλὴμ η τοι τὴν ἐκκλησίαν. καὶ εἰ μὲν ἐκεῖνοι οἱ βασιλεῖς ου ς διέστειλεν ὁ ἐπουράνιος ἐν τῇ κληρονομίᾳ ἑαυτοῦ ει εν οἱ τὰ δῶρα φέροντες ἐπὶ τὴν ̔Ιερουσαλήμ, οἱ ὠφεληθέντες ὑπ' αὐτῶν εἰσιν οἱ προαγόμενοι. ου τως προσήνεγκεν ὁ ἀπόστολος Πέτρος δῶρον τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ ̓Ανδρέα καὶ Φίλιππος τὸν Ναθαναὴλ καὶ ἑτέρους πλείονας οἱ α λλοι ἀπόστολοι, α λλοι δὲ προσήνεγκαν δῶρα νοήματα σπουδαῖα καὶ λόγους καὶ ε ργα ἐπαινετά. 12/4 ...Ναθαναὴλ καὶ πάντες τοὺς ἑαυτῶν μαθητάς· η γουν οἱ πιστοὶ κατὰ τὸ Καὶ ο φελόν γε ἐβασιλεύσατε, ι να καὶ ἡμεῖς ὑμῖν συμβασιλεύσωμεν, ω ν τὰ δῶρα νοήματα καὶ λόγοι καὶ ε ργα ἐπαινετά. 702a Ps 67,31a Νοήσεις θηρία καλάμου τοὺς τὴν ψευδώνυμον πρεσβεύοντας γνῶσιν. δύναται περὶ τούτων εἰρῆσθαι ἡ προφητεία ἡ ου τως ε χουσα Οὐαὶ τοῖς γράφουσιν πονηρίαν· γράφοντες γὰρ πονηρίαν γράφουσι. 703 Ps 67,32 ∆ιὰ μὲν τῆς Αἰγυπτίας τὴν σύμπασαν γῆν η ς ἐξῆρχεν ὁ νοητὸς Φαραώ, διὰ δὲ τῆς Αἰθιοπίας τὸ σκοτεινὸν καὶ δυσειδὲς τῶν ψυχῶν τῶν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις ἐδήλωσεν· ὡς καὶ ἐν ἑνί φησι τῶν ψαλμῶν Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀλλόφυλοι καὶ Τύρος καὶ λαὸς τῶν Αἰθιοπῶν· ου τοι ἐγενήθησαν ἐκεῖ (δῆλον ὡς ἐν τῇ πνευματικῇ Σιών). καὶ Σοφονίας δὲ λέγει Τότε μεταστρέψει ἐπὶ
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