Resurrection and the Spiritual Life
Regarding the mediator, the prophet says to him that the law of the divine mouth is good above all the pleasures of the world, which he showed through thousands of gold and silver. For contemplation, it must be said that silver stands for the word, and gold stands for the mind; for many thousands of such silver and gold are found in those who philosophize about the things of the world and heresies. Above all these things, the law of the mouth of God is good to the lover of the wisdom and truth of God, for those who attend to it alone receive the proper benefit.
Psalm 118:74: 'Understand and not thus: those fearing God are perfect, they not lacking anything; and such are found good, they do not lack fear.' Therefore they desire all to progress and to have benefit, and they rejoice over those things pleasing to God, imitating those in heaven who rejoice over the benefit of the penitents. It is also possible to take the inferior understanding regarding 'they shall be glad,' as it says: 'They shall see and be glad,' where the mind of the things said is such. 'Hoping in your words, I desire to become completely one with you, I act and think according to your instruction'; and those fearing lest they fall into the punishment following the judgment which pursues sinners, they avoid evil. If those fearing you in this way are not able to see me, they shall be glad, no longer avoiding sins out of grief and necessity, but with zeal to take them up, hoping also themselves in your words.
Psalm 118:77a: Since the mercies of God are said to be not only here but also in many other places, one must watch lest the only-begotten and the Holy Spirit, the providers of life, are not seen as the mercies of God. And Father is said, according to the apostle's philosophy of the mercies.
Psalm 118:78a: Of a great man, he says: 'Unjustly I have transgressed against me.'
Psalm 118:81: 'My soul fails for the salvation of God, but the end of faith shall bring salvation'; for there remains no soul, setting aside the state through which the soul used to exist, but desiring the salvation of God and continuing in hope, the spirit and mind becoming one with his word. For the name of the soul does not declare its essence, but the relationship toward the communion of the body. But if it might pass over to incorporeal life and be uncorrupted...
Receiving bread and a spiritual body from a resurrection, the body which was formerly joined to it, corruptible and psychic in being possessed by a soul, shall become mind and spirit, leaving behind the divine salvation and being in spirit toward God through Him. And this is to deny oneself; for he who has denied himself will become one thing instead of another, not according to the underlying substance but according to that which makes it, sometimes soul, sometimes mind. For even if the evangelical sayings are exhortations toward martyrdom, they are not to be understood according to the aforementioned mystical word.
The word of God is a spiritual dew (Ps 118:83a), since dew and rain are often called; it cools my unbridled flame from passions and makes my flesh weak, as to bear the death of Jesus in it. Many attempt to interpret the divine writings of the Church and those outside it, both heretics and Jews and Samaritans (Ps 118:85), but not all speak well; for rare is the one possessing the grace from God for this, speaking of many things promised, but living not well and unlawfully. If they say anything, it is wandering and babbling; for a word cannot be vigorous, strong, and salutary in an unlawful soul.
Those pursuing righteousness and the teaching of Christ will healthily speak the aforementioned word (Ps 118:87a), and all the prophets also. And to be accomplished is in the earth, not the common dying, but that which was called into the material existence as earth, to come to an end in order to be done according to it. To live according to the word of God is to live with piety (Ps 118:88), not simply this sensory life. For having obtained this, he will be in well-being, as to guard the testimonies of the mouth of God testified and demonstrated by the word of God, which are in His mouth.
The day remains by Your ordinance (Ps 118:91a), as to circle regularly and uniformly according to the annual cycles, the day not deviating, never having toward night an ordinance of inequality or inequality. Just as from a great sickness, through certain medical helps, one has taken up health steadily and certainly through him of...
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236 μεσίτου, ὁ προφήτης ἀγαθὸν αὐτῷ λέγει τὸν νόμον τοῦ θεϊκοῦ στόματος ὑπὲρ πάντα τὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἡδέα α διὰ χιλιάδων χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυρίου ἐδήλωσεν. πρὸς θεωρίαν δὲ λεκτέον τὸ ἀργύριον ἀντὶ λόγου, τὸ δὲ χρυσίον ἀντὶ νοῦ· πολλῶν γὰρ χιλιάδων τοιούτου ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου ἐν τοῖς τὰ τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τῶν αἱρέσεων φιλοσοφοῦσιν, ὑπὲρ πάντα ταῦτα τῷ τῆς σοφίας καὶ ἀληθείας θεοῦ ἐραστῇ ἀγαθὸς ὁ νόμος τοῦ στόματος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστι τῷ ἐκ μόνου τούτου τὴν κυρίως ὠφέλειαν ἐγγίνεσθαι τοῖς αὐτῷ προσέχουσιν. 1110 Ps 118,74 Νοήσεις δὲ καὶ ου τως· οἱ θεὸν φοβούμενοι τῷ μηδὲν αὐτοὺς ὑστερεῖν τέλειοί εἰσιν· ο ντες δὲ τοιοῦτοι ἀγαθοὶ τυγχάνουσι κατὰ τὸν ου ε χουσι φόβον. διὸ καὶ πάντας βούλονται προκόπτειν καὶ ὠφέλειαν ε χειν καὶ εὐφραίνονται ἐπὶ τοῖς εὐαρεστοῦσι θεῷ, μιμούμενοι τοὺς ἐν οὐρανῷ χαίροντας ἐπὶ τῇ ὠφελείᾳ τῶν μετανοούντων. ∆υνατὸν δὲ καὶ ὑποδεεστέρους ἐκλαβεῖν περὶ ω ν λέγει Οψονταί με εὐφρανθήσονται, ι ν' ῃ ὁ νοῦς τῶν λεγομένων τοιοῦτος. ̓Επελπίσας ἐγὼ εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου ποθῶ τὸ τελείως συγγενέσθαι, πράττω καὶ φρονῶ κατὰ τὴν σὴν παίδευσιν· οἱ δὲ φόβῳ τοῦ μὴ περιπεσεῖν τῇ κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν ἑπομένῃ τοῖς ἁμαρτάνουσι τιμωρίᾳ ἀπέχονται κακίας. ἐὰν ου ν οἱ ου τω φοβούμενοί σε δυνηθῶσιν ἰδεῖν με, εὐφρανθήσονται, οὐκέτι ἐκ λύπης καὶ ἀνάγκης ἁμαρτημάτων ἀπεχόμενοι ἀλλὰ σπουδῇ ἀναλαβεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ ἐλπίσαι καὶ αὐτοὺς εἰς τοὺς λόγους σου. 1111 Ps 118,77a ̓Επειδὴ δὲ μὴ ἐνταῦθα μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν α λλοις πολλοῖς οἱ οἰκτιρμοὶ τοῦ θεοῦ λέγονται, ἐπιστατέον μήποτε ὁ μονογενὴς καὶ τὸ α γιον πνεῦμα, οἱ ζωῆς παρεκτικοί, οἰκτιρμοὶ θεοῦ εἰσι. καὶ πατὴρ ει ρηται κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀποστόλου φιλοσοφίαν τῶν οἰκτιρμῶν. 1112 Ps 118,78a Μεγάλου δὲ ἀνδρὸς τὸ λέγειν ̓Αδίκως ἠνόμησαν εἰς ἐμέ. 1113 Ps 118,81 ̓Εκλείπει ἡ ψυχή μου εἰς τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ, ο ταν τέλος τῆς πίστεως σωτηρίαν κομίσηται· οὐ γὰρ ε τι μένει ψυχή, ἀποτιθεμένη τὴν κατάστασιν δι' η ν ἐτύγχανε ψυχή, ὀρέξει τῇ πρὸς τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐλπίδι συνεχεῖ τῇ πρὸς τὸ λόγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα καὶ νοῦς γινομένη. οὐ γὰρ τῆς οὐσίας αὐτῆς δηλωτικὸν τὸ ψυχῆς ο νομα ἀλλὰ τῆς σχέσεως τῆς πρὸς τὴν κοινωνίαν τοῦ σώματος. ο ταν δὲ ἀΰλου μεταλάβῃ ζωῆς καὶ α φθαρτον καὶ πνευματικὸν ἐξ ἀναστάσεως ἀναλάβῃ τὸ σῶμα, τὸ πάλαι αὐτῇ συνεζευγμένον φθαρτὸν καὶ ψυχικὸν ψυχῇ τυγχανούσῃ νοῦς καὶ πνεῦμα γενήσεται, ἐκλείπουσα εἰς τὸ θεοῦ σωτήριον καὶ ε ν πνεῦμα πρὸς αὐτὸ γινομένη δι' αὐτοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ. καὶ τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἀπαρνήσασθαί τινα ἑαυτόν· ὁ γὰρ ἀπαρνησάμενος ἑαυτὸν ε τερος ἀνθ' ἑτέρου γενήσεται, οὐ κατὰ τὴν ὑποκειμένην ὑπόστασιν ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὰ ποιοῦντα ταύτην, ὁτὲ μὲν ψυχήν, ὁτὲ δὲ νοῦν. εἰ γὰρ καὶ προτρεπτικὰ εἰς μαρτύριον τὰ εὐαγγελικὰ ῥητά, ἀλλ' ου ν καὶ κατὰ τὸν εἰρημένον μυστικὸν λόγον ἐκληπτέον. 1114 Ps 118,83a ̔Ο τοῦ θεοῦ λόγος πνευματικὴ ω ν πάχνη, ἐπεὶ καὶ δρόσος καὶ ὑετὸς πολλαχοῦ λέγεται, καταψύχει μου τὸν ἀπὸ παθῶν ἀκόλαστον φλογμὸν καὶ ἀσθενῆ μου τὴν σάρκα ποιεῖ, ὡς τὴν νέκρωσιν ̓Ιησοῦ φέρειν ἐν αὐτῇ. 1115 Ps 118,85 Πολλοὶ ἑρμηνεύειν ἐπιχειροῦσι τὰς θείας γραφὰς καὶ τῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τῶν ε ξω ταύτης αἱρετικῶν τε καὶ ̓Ιουδαίων η καὶ Σαμαρειτῶν, ἀλλ' οὐ πάντες λέγουσι καλῶς· σπάνιος γὰρ ὁ ε χων τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ εἰς τοῦτο χάριν, πολλῶν μὲν ἐπαγγελομένων λέγειν, οὐ καλῶς δὲ η καὶ παρανόμως βιούντων. ει τι λέγουσιν, ἀδολεσχία ἐστὶ καὶ φλυαρία· οὐ γὰρ δύναται λόγος ευ τονος καὶ ἐρρωμένος καὶ σωτήριος ει ναι ἐν ψυχῇ παρανόμῳ. 1116 Ps 118,87a Ταῦτα ὁ διὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην καὶ τὴν Χριστοῦ διδασκαλίαν διωκόμενος ὑγιῶς ἐρεῖ τὴν προειρημένην λέξιν, καὶ πάντες δὲ οἱ προφῆται. συντελεσθῆναι δέ ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γῇ οὐ τὸ κοινῶς τεθνάναι ἀλλὰ τὸ εἰς τὴν ὑλικὴν ε ξιν η ν ἐκάλεσε γῆν ὡς εἰς τέλος ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τῷ κατ' αὐτὴν ποιωθῆναι. 1117 Ps 118,88 Τὸ κατὰ τὸ λόγιον τοῦ θεοῦ ζῆν τὸ σὺν εὐσεβείᾳ ζῆν ἐστιν, οὐχ ἁπλῶς τὴν αἰσθητὴν ταύτην ζωήν. τούτου γὰρ τυχὼν ἐν εὐζωΐᾳ ε σται, ὡς 237 φυλάσσειν τὰ μαρτύρια τοῦ στόματος τοῦ θεοῦ μαρτυρηθέντα καὶ ἀποδειχθέντα ὑπὸ λόγου τοῦ θεοῦ, ου ει πεν αὐτοῦ στόματος ει ναι. 1118 Ps 118,91a Τῇ διατάξει σου διαμένει ἡ ἡμέρα, ὡς τεταγμένως καὶ ὁμαλῶς περικυκλεῖν κατὰ τοὺς ἐτησίους κύκλους, οὐκ ἐξισταμένης τῆς ἡμέρας οὐδεπώποτε η ς ε χει πρὸς νύκτα διατάξεως κατά τε ἰσότητα καὶ ἀνισότητα. 1119 Ps 118,93 Ωσπερ γὰρ ἐκ μεγάλης νόσου διά τινων ἰατρικῶν βοηθημάτων παγίαν καὶ βέβαιον ἀναλαβὼν ὑγείαν δι' αὐτοῦ τοῦ
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