Vine’s flower-odor; the Father prunes; come
In the soul there is a shooting fig and a flowering vine giving fragrance. The heavenly Father, the farmer, cleanses the branchesThe vine first gladdens by flower-odor: We are the good fragrance of Christ in every placeSeeing the beginnings of virtues, God’s Word calls the soul to hasten and come.
Latin
Est in anima ficus germinans et vitis florens odorem reddens. Pater caelestis agricola palmites purgat. Vitis primo odore floris laetificat: Christi bonus odor sumus in omni loco. Videns initia virtutum, sermo Dei vocat animam ut festinet et veniat.
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English follows Baehrens, Origenes Werke VIII (GCS 33, 1925), Rufinus’s Latin of Commentary Liber IV. Lawson ACW 26 was not used as wording. This page is Liber IV §§1–20 (closeout).
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