The Readiness of the Ruling Principle
The devil, who once had a father through wickedness, must now be cast out by a manner of repentance. The symbols of these received orphans seeking help by God are Abraham leaving his father's house to follow God when called, and the sons of Zebedee leaving their father after the exhortation of Jesus saying, 'Follow me.'
But who is the sinner and evil, as spoken of with the article, the devil? His arm is broken by the Lord, and his sin, being sought, is not found, having found its end in its fulfillment. For evil is not a certain substance but a quality, and thus the end will be established over all things, not because all other things have become so; for he himself is nothing, as there is no end to his kingdom. For one cannot be under two lords and kings. The one who ruled and reigned was the sin of the one doing it; God is not the lord or king of the one sinning. And since the sin that was ruling the one acting it was sought, it was not found, the Lord reigns forever and unto the age of ages.
It is said of the good heart of the earth of God (Ps 9:37). From this earth mortals perish, if every vain thought and evil purpose is cast out; for vain thoughts and purposes are mortal, being destroyed by the blessing of God. But if someone wishes to signify even the land of the gentle (for it also belongs to the Lord), mortals perish from this earth. For no one sinning is permitted to ascend into it; for only the saints shall inherit it. For it is said to someone holy: 'I believe to see the good things of the Lord among the living in the land' (Ps 9:38). And to another God says: 'I will bring you up to the good things of the earth' (Ps 9:38).
The desire of the poor was to see the one who tyrannically ruled over them fall. Since he has not risen...
Because the desire of the sinful and evil man is worn away at the arm, it is fitting that it is revealed to God, who oversees hearts and knows the hidden thing, as an active prayer. But the Lord heard them, paying attention with his ear to the readiness of their ruling principle; for how would the heart not be ready toward salvation, those having desire for the things foretold? (Ps 9:39).
In this way, the man must be caught out, either by boasting toward the mortal rational animal, or toward the one saying, 'I will seize the world with my hand, and no one shall escape me or answer me, the deceiver.' For he will not magnify himself while being crushed under the feet of the saints who tread upon his power, Jesus, this one having granted. (Ps 10:1-2).
And it should be read also thus: 'In the Lord I have trusted'; how do you say to my soul, 'Behold, the sinners have bent a bow, they have prepared arrows in a quiver,' and the following? (Ps 10:1-2). Upon these spoken things, the soul is urged to be poised like a sparrow with the wings of virtue, so that having passed over the high mountains, it might remain harmless among the spiritual things. And how one should bear the distinctions of the reading, it is fitting to trust in the Lord. (Ps 10:1-2).
According to theory: as if the ruling principle were held ready against many sophistically prepared visible and invisible enemies, resembling a bow drawn in readiness, and also arrows prepared, and persuasive words are used; in order that you might shoot down the enemy, you have a passage through high mountains, and having occurred there, you will not be harmed. It is said that the more divine meanings of the Scriptures are signified by the correspondence of the things seen; toward these, also the wise teachers, apostles, and prophets. It is possible through the Spirit to grasp the saying, 'Repent, go to the mountains like a sparrow,' exhorting one to withdraw, desiring to run from the venomous strike of the archers. And if even invisible powers are...
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ἐκλαβεῖν δεῖ τόν ποτε ε χοντα πατέρα τὸν διάβολον διὰ κακίαν, νῦν δὲ αὐτὸν ἀποβαλόντα μετανοίας τρόπῳ. σύμβολα τούτων τῶν προσληφθέντων ὀρφανῶν ἐπὶ τῷ βοήθειαν ε χειν ὑπὸ θεοῦ ὁ ̓Αβραὰμ καταλιπὼν τὸν οι κον τοῦ πατρὸς ι να θεῷ ἀκολουθήσῃ κεκλημένος, καὶ οἱ Ζεβεδαίου υἱοὶ ἀφέντες τὸν πατέρα προτροπῇ τοῦ εἰπόντος ̓Ιησοῦ ̓Ακολουθεῖτέ μοι. ̔Αμαρτωλὸς δὲ τίς α ν ει η καὶ πονηρὸς μετὰ τοῦ α ρθρου εἰρημένος η ὁ διάβολος; τούτου ὁ βραχίων ὑπὸ κυρίου συντρίβεται, καὶ ἡ ἁμαρτία αὐτοῦ ζητουμένη οὐχ εὑρίσκεται, ε χουσα ἐν τῷ ἐπιτελεῖσθαι τὸ ει ναι τέλος λαβοῦσα. οὐ γὰρ οὐσία τίς ἐστιν τὸ κακὸν ἀλλὰ ποιότης, καὶ ου τως ἐνστήσεται τὸ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν τέλος ου χάριν τὰ α λλα πάντα γέγονεν· αὐτὸς δὲ οὐδενὸς ε νεκά ἐστιν, ὡς τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ μὴ ει ναι τέλος. οὐ γὰρ οι όν τε τὸν αὐτὸν ὑπὸ δύο κυρίους καὶ βασιλεῖς ει ναι. ο τε ἐκυρίευεν καὶ ἐβασίλευεν ἡ ἁμαρτία τοῦ αὐτὴν ποιοῦντος, ὁ θεὸς οὐ κύριος οὐ βασιλεὺς τοῦ ἁμαρτάνοντος η ν. ἐπειδὴ δὲ ζητηθεῖσα ἡ ἁμαρτία ἡ βασιλεύουσα τοῦ ἐνεργοῦντος αὐτὴν οὐχ ηὑρέθη, Κύριος εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα βασιλεύει καὶ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος. 70 Ps 9,37b Γῆ τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ ἀγαθὴ καρδία ει ρηται. ἐκ ταύτης τῆς γῆς ε θνη ἀπόλλυνται, ο τ' α ν ἐκβληθῇ πᾶν ἐνθύμημα φαῦλον καὶ λογισμὸς πονηρός· ε θνη γὰρ τὰ φαῦλα ἐνθυμήματα καὶ λογισμοὶ εὐεργεσίᾳ θεοῦ ἀπολλύμενα. εἰ δὲ καὶ τὴν τῶν πραέων γῆν δηλοῦσθαί τις βούλεται (κυρίου γὰρ καὶ αὐτή), ἀπόλλυνται ἐκ τῆς γῆς ταύτης ε θνη. πᾶς γὰρ ὁ ἁμαρτάνων οὐκ ἐπιτρεπόμενος εἰς αὐτὴν ἀναβῆναι· μόνοι γὰρ α γιοι κληρονομήσουσιν αὐτήν. 18 ει ρηται γὰρ πρός τινος ἁγίου· Πιστεύω τοῦ ἰδεῖν τὰ ἀγαθὰ κυρίου ἐν γῇ ζώντων. καὶ πρὸς α λλον ὁ θεὸς ει πεν· ̓Αναβιβάσω σε ἐπὶ τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς. 71 Ps 9,38 ̓Επιθυμίᾳ τῶν πενήτων ὑπῆρχε τὸ πεσεῖν τὸν τυραννικῶς κατακυριεύσαντα αὐτῶν. ἐπεὶ ου ν ὑπῆρκται αυ τη συντριβέντος τοῦ βραχίονος τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ, εἰκότως θεῷ τῷ τὰς καρδίας ἐπισταμένῳ καὶ τὸ κρυπτὸν εἰδότι ἡ ἐπιθυμία αὐτῶν πεφανέρωται, ἐνεργὴς ου σα προσευχή. εἰσήκουσεν δὲ αὐτῶν ὁ κύριος, προσέχοντος τοῦ ὠτὸς αὐτοῦ τῇ ἑτοιμασίᾳ τοῦ ἡγεμονικοῦ αὐτῶν· πῶς γὰρ οὐχ ἑτοίμην τὴν καρδίαν ει χον πρὸς τὸ σωθῆναι οἱ τῶν προλεχθέντων ε χοντες ἐπιθυμίαν; 72 Ps 9,39 ∆ιχῶς καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὸν α νθρωπον ἐκληπτέον, ει ς τε τὸ θνητὸν λογικὸν ζῷον ἀλαζονευόμενον, καὶ εἰς τὸν λέγοντα διάβολον Τὴν οἰκουμένην ο λην καταλήψομαι τῇ χειρί, καὶ οὐκ ε στιν ο ς διαφεύξεταί με η ἀντείπῃ μοι. οὐ γὰρ ε τι μεγαλαυχήσει συντριβόμενος ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας τῶν ἁγίων πατούντων αὐτοῦ τὴν δύναμιν, ̓Ιησοῦ τοῦτο χαρισαμένου. 73 Ps 10,1–2 73 ̓Αναγνωστέον δὲ καὶ ου τως· ̓Επὶ τῷ κυρίῳ πέποιθα· πῶς ἐρεῖτε τῇ ψυχῇ μου ̓Ιδοὺ οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ ἐνέτειναν τόξον, ἡτοίμασαν βέλη εἰς φαρέτραν, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς; ἐφ' οι ς εἰρημένοις παρορμᾷ τὴν ψυχὴν ἑαυτοῦ μετεωρισθῆναι δίκην στρουθίου πτεροῖς ἀρετῆς, ι να περάσας ἐπὶ τὰ υ ψος ε χοντα ο ρη πνευματικὰ ἀβλαβὴς διαμείνῃ. ο πως δ' α ν ε χῃ τὰ τῆς διαστολῆς τοῦ ἀναγνώσματος, πεποιθέναι ἐπὶ κύριον προσήκει. 74 Ps 10,1–2 Κατὰ θεωρίαν δέ· πολλῶν σοφιστικῶς παρεσκευασμένων ὁρατῶν τε καὶ ἀοράτων ἐχθρῶν ὡς η δη τὸ ἡγεμονικὸν ε χειν τεταμένον, δι' ἑτοιμασίαν τόξῳ ἐντεταμένῳ ἐοικός, ἀλλὰ καὶ βέλη ε τοιμα, λόγοι δὲ πειθανοὶ ταῦτα, πρὸς τὸ κατατοξεῦσαί σε, ε χεις διατριβὴν ἐν ὑψηλοῖς ο ρεσιν, ε νθα γεναμένη οὐ τρωθήσει. ει ρηται δὲ ὡς τὰ θειότερα τῶν γραφῶν νοήματα τῇ τῶν ὀρῶν προσηγορίᾳ σημαίνεται· πρὸς τούτοις καὶ οἱ σοφοὶ διδάσκαλοι ἀπόστολοι καὶ προφῆται. ∆υνατὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος εἰρημένον ἐκλαβεῖν τὸ Μετανάστευε ἐπὶ τὰ ο ρη ὡς στρουθίον, προτρεπομένου ἀναχωρεῖν τὸν διαδράναι θέλοντα τὴν ἰοβόλον τρῶσιν τῶν τοξοτῶν. εἰ δὲ καὶ ἀόρατοι δυνάμεις αἱ
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