The Fulfillment of the Covenant
of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth and of every tongue confessing what the Lord Jesus Christ does for the glory of God the Father. The cross bears as a symbol this exaltation. And all these things shall be spoken concerning the happening of the Word made flesh. For if even he himself happens to be one of them, yet according to the thought it will not fit the things set forth to his incarnate presence.
And a little before, we set down as a known tradition those psalms which are written after the Alleluia among those arranged previously, and here from Psalm 150 to Psalm 178 the Alleluia is written; none of these is of a different character. Since the righteous one of David is not written on them, it is necessary according to his tradition to include all the following until 178. And let this be a general observation upon all the unwritten psalms. And the saint, about to proclaim the things having happened concerning the salvation of all by the Lord, pre-announces the voices set forth. And everyone confesses with all his heart, and he alone who has loved God with all his heart, soul, and mind; and, having turned away all his loving power toward God, he loves God with all his heart; and, having consumed all his hymnographic and eucharistic power toward God, he confesses to him with all his heart in the assembly of the important ones, not in a random place or with random people. It is possible to read 'With all his heart' as follows: 'In the counsel of the upright and in the assembly, the great works of the Lord' (Ps 110:2).
Generally and broadly called the will of the Lord, the things concerning his works in part are his individual wills. If not all things he willed, he did; the creation extends broadly to his will, the individual works being fitted to the specific wills. Therefore, since the Creator is great, his works are also great, most accurately fitted to the harmony of his wills; for they do not happen as they chance, but they happen as having been sought out for all the wills. Therefore, of the works having been sought out, let no one say 'to what purpose?' For all things were created for their need; therefore, all the works of God are very good. If, indeed, the works of God are taken...
Since things happening paradoxically and marvelously (some through Moses and the prophets, others through Jesus our savior) are spoken of, the preceding words are also spoken of these. For the resurrections of the dead, the cleansings of lepers, the sight of the blind, and things similar to these, Jesus performs symbolically through them, manifesting the healings of his own humanity, which are always previously the will of God.
And if one calls virtues the will of God because he will do all my wills, he will say great works have been sought out for all the wills of God, namely the activities according to virtue. Ps 110:5,6: And indeed he gives food without exception to those fearing him with a certain paradoxicalness, just as Daniel found the best in the lion's den in Babylon; from Jerusalem, the transport of Habakkuk was brought to Babylon, carrying food to Daniel. But also, having commanded the ravens to bring bread in the morning and meat in the evening to Elijah (during a time of much famine), he nourished him who feared the Lord.
And of his old covenant, when the time of correction having been given, the end is taking up, he shall be remembered for an eternity during the age of the new covenant according to the gospel, which remains without a successor. Therefore also, to the people, he appropriated his own blood; through the bath of regeneration and the renewal of the spirit, Jesus gives the power of his works, making manifest to them what power he has commanded them to work, the people, and the words of the things that have happened. His covenant shall be remembered for an eternity.
He who partial hardening happened to Israel, the fullness of the nations has entered into salvation. But since God is good, not being satisfied with only the fullness of the nations entering into the pure and glorified inheritance, he is remembered for an eternity of the covenant toward the sons of Israel through their fathers. He will announce to the Israelite people the power he made his works, so that, having seen the power of the economy, they also might be saved, after the fullness of the nations has entered, receiving from God the inheritance appropriated and confirmed to the nations. Ps 110:7,8: Many of the divine sayings...
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ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων καὶ καταχθονίων καὶ πάσης γλώσσης ἐξομολογουμένης ο τι κύριος ̓Ιησοῦς Χριστὸς εἰς δόξαν θεοῦ πατρός. ταύτης τῆς ὑψώσεως σύμβολον ὁ σταυρὸς φέρει. Πάντα δὲ ταῦτα περὶ τοῦ γενομένου σαρκὸς λόγου εἰρήσεται. εἰ γὰρ καὶ ει ς καὶ αὐτὸς τυγχάνει, ἀλλ' ου ν κατὰ τὴν ἐπίνοιαν ἁρμόσει τῇ ἐνσάρκῳ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ τὰ προκείμενα. 1044 Ps 110,1 Καὶ ὀλίγῳ δὲ πρότερον η ν ε γνωμεν παράδοσιν ἀρχαίων ἐθήκαμεν ἐκείνων ει ναι τοὺς μετὰ τοῦ ̓Αλληλουϊὰ ἐπιγραφομένους ψαλμοὺς τῶν ἐν τοῖς προτέροις συντεταγμένων οι ς καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἀπὸ τοῦ ΡΙ ψαλμοῦ ε ως τοῦ ΡΙΗ τὸ ̓Αλληλουϊὰ προγέγραπται, οὐ παρεμφαινομένου προσώπου ῥητοῦ ου ε καστος τούτων τυγχάνει. ἐπεὶ ου ν ὁ ΡΘ τοῦ ∆αυὶδ ἐπιγέγραπται, ἀνάγκη ο σον ἐπὶ τῇ παραδόσει αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺς καθεξῆς ει ναι πάντας μέχρι τοῦ ΡΙΗ. καὶ ε στω καθόλου παρατήρησις αυ τη ἐπὶ πάντων τῶν ἀνεπιγράφων ψαλμῶν. Μέλλων δὲ ὁ α γιος ἀπαγγέλλειν τὰ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῶν ο λων γενόμενα ὑπὸ κυρίου προαναφωνεῖ τὰς 222 ἐκκειμένας φωνάς. ἐν ο λῃ δὲ καρδίᾳ ἐξομολογεῖται πᾶς καὶ μόνος ὁ ἐξ ο λης καρδίας καὶ ψυχῆς καὶ διανοίας τὸν θεὸν ἀγαπήσας· καὶ πᾶσαν μὲν τὴν ἀγαπητικὴν αὐτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς θεὸν ἀποτείνας ἐξ ο λης καρδίας τὸν θεὸν ἀγαπᾷ, πᾶσαν δὲ τὴν ὑμνητικὴν καὶ εὐχαριστικὴν αὐτοῦ δύναμιν εἰς θεὸν ἀναλώσας ἐξομολογεῖται αὐτῷ ἐξ ο λης καρδίας ἐν τῇ τῶν σπουδαίων συναγωγῇ, οὐκ ἐν τῷ τυχόντι τόπῳ η μετὰ τῶν τυχόντων. ∆υνατὸν στίξαντα εἰς τὸ ̓Εν ο λῃ καρδίᾳ ἀναγνῶναι ἑξῆς ̓Εν βουλῇ εὐθείων καὶ συναγωγῇ μεγάλα τὰ ε ργα κυρίου. 1045 Ps 110,2 Καθόλου καὶ γενικῶς ὀνομαζομένου τοῦ θελήματος τοῦ κυρίου, τὰ περὶ τῶν κατὰ μέρος ε ργων αὐτοῦ ἰδικὰ θελήματα αὐτοῦ ει εν. εἰ ου ν πάντα ο σα ἠθέλησεν ἐποίησε, καθόλου ἡ ποίησις ἐξῆπται τῆς θελήσεως αὐτοῦ, τῶν καθ' ε καστα ποιημάτων ἡρμοσμένων τοῖς κατ' ει δος θελήμασι. διὸ καὶ μεγάλου ο ντος τοῦ δημιουργοῦ, μεγάλα ἐστὶ καὶ τὰ ε ργα αὐτοῦ σφόδρα ἠκριβωμένα πρὸς τὴν α ρμοσιν τῶν θελημάτων αὐτοῦ· οὐ γὰρ ὡς ε τυχεν, ἀλλ' ἐξεζητημένα εἰς πάντα τὰ θελήματα τυγχάνει ταῦτα. διὸ τῶν ε ργων ἐξεζητημένων, μὴ λεγέτω τις εἰς τί ἐκεῖνο. πάντα γὰρ εἰς χρείαν αὐτῶν ἐκτίσθη· διὸ πάντα καλὰ λίαν ἐστὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ε ργα. Εἰ δ' ε ργα θεοῦ λάβοι τις τὰ παραδόξως καὶ τεραστίως ἐπιτελούμενα (τοῦτο μὲν διὰ Μωυσέως καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, τοῦτο δὲ διὰ ̓Ιησοῦ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν), ῥηθείη καὶ περὶ τούτων τὰ προκείμενα ῥητά. τὰς γὰρ ἀναστάσεις τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ τὰς τῶν λεπρῶν καθάρσεις καὶ ἀναβλέψεις τῶν τυφλῶν καὶ τὰ ὁμογενῆ τούτοις ̓Ιησοῦς ἐπιτελῶν συμβολικῶς ἐδήλου δι' αὐτῶν τὰς τοῦ ε σω ἀνθρώπου ἰάσεις, α περ πάντα προηγουμένως θελήματά ἐστι θεοῦ. Εἰ δὲ καὶ τὰς ἀρετὰς λάβοι τις θελήματα θεοῦ λέγεσθαι διὰ τὸ Ος ποιήσει πάντα τὰ θελήματά μου, ἐρεῖ ε ργα μεγάλα ἐξεζητημένα εἰς πάντα τὰ θελήματα τοῦ θεοῦ ει ναι τὰς κατ' ἀρετὴν ἐνεργείας. 1046 Ps 110,5.6 Καὶ κατὰ τὸ ῥητὸν μέντοι τροφὴν ἐξαιρέτως δίδωσι τοῖς φοβουμένοις αὐτὸν μετά τινος παραδοξοποιΐας, ὡς τῷ ∆ανιὴλ τὸ α ριστον τυγχάνοντι ἐν τῷ λάκκῳ τῶν λεόντων ἐν τῇ Βαβυλῶνι· ἐκ τῆς ̔Ιερουσαλὴμ τὸν ̓Αμβακοὺμ μετάρσιον α ρας η γαγεν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα κομίζοντα τὴν τροφὴν αὐτῷ τῷ ∆ανιήλ. ἀλλὰ καὶ κόραξιν ἐντειλάμενος α ρτους τὸ πρωῒ καὶ κρέας τὸ δείλης φέρειν τῷ ̓Ηλίᾳ (λιμοῦ πολλῆς τυγχανούσης) ε θρεψεν αὐτὸν φοβούμενον τὸν κύριον. Τῆς δὲ παλαιᾶς διαθήκης αὐτοῦ ε ως καιροῦ διορθώσεως δοθείσης τέλος ἀναλαβούσης, μνησθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τῆς κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον καινῆς διαθήκης ἀδιαδόχου μενούσης. διὸ καὶ τῷ λαῷ ου ς περιεποιήσατο τῷ ἰδίῳ αι ματι διὰ λουτροῦ παλιγγενεσίας καὶ ἀνακαινώσεως πνεύματος ̓Ιησοῦς δίδωσι τὴν ἰσχὺν τῶν ε ργων αὐτοῦ, φανερῶν αὐτοῖς οι ας δυνάμεώς ἐστιν ε καστον ω ν προσέταξεν ἐργάζεσθαι τὸν λαὸν καὶ τοὺς λόγους τῶν γεγονότων. Μνησθήσεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα διαθήκης αὐτοῦ. ο τε πώρωσις ἀπὸ μέρους τῷ ̓Ισραὴλ γέγονε, τὸ πλήρωμα τῶν ἐθνῶν εἰς τὴν σωτηρίαν εἰσῆλθεν. ἀλλ' ἐπεὶ ἀγαθὸς ὁ θεός ἐστιν οὐκ ἀρκεσθεὶς τῷ μόνον τὸ πλήρωμα τῶν ἐθνῶν εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τὴν ἀκήρατον καὶ δεδοξασμένην κληρονομίαν, μιμνήσκεται εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τῆς πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς ̓Ισραὴλ διὰ τοὺς πατέρας αὐτῶν διαθήκης. τὴν ἰσχὺν ω ν ἐποίησεν ε ργων ἀναγγελεῖ τῷ ̓Ισραηλιτικῷ λαῷ, ι να τῆς οἰκονομίας τὴν δύναμιν θεωρήσαντες σωθῶσι καὶ αὐτοὶ μετὰ τὸ εἰσελθεῖν τὸ πλήρωμα τῶν ἐθνῶν λαμβάνοντες θεόθεν τὴν προσοικειωθεῖσαν καὶ βεβαιωθεῖσαν τοῖς ε θνεσι κληρονομίαν. 1047 Ps 110,7.8 Πολλαχοῦ τῶν θείων λογίων χεῖρα τοῦ
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