30. That He Himself is both Judge and King.

In the seventy-first Psalm: “O God, give Thy judgment to the king, and Thy righteousness to the king’s son, to judge Thy people in righteousness.”322    Ps. lxxii. 1, 2. Also in the Apocalypse: “And I saw the heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and He who sate upon him was called Faithful and True; and He judgeth justice and righteousness, and maketh war. And His eyes were, as it were, a flame of fire, and upon His head were many crowns; and He bare a name written that was known to none other than Himself:  and He was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood, and His name is called the Word of God. And the armies which are in heaven followed Him on white horses, clothed in linen white and clean. And out of His mouth went forth a sword with two edges, that with it He should smite the nations, which He shall shepherd323    The words “which He shall feed,” or“ shepherd,” are wanting in the Apocalypse; and they are not found in many authorities. with a rod of iron; and He shall tread the winepress of the wrath of God Almighty. Also He has on His garment and on His thigh the name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.”324    Rev. xix. 11–16. Likewise in the Gospel: “When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the angels with Him, then He shall sit in the throne of His glory; and all nations shall be gathered together before Him, and He shall separate them one from another, even as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats; and He shall place the sheep at His right hand, but the goats at His left hand. Then shall the King say unto them who shall be at His right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, receive the kingdom which is prepared for you from the beginning of the world: for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink: I was a stranger, and ye received me: naked, and ye clothed me:  sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer, and say unto Him, Lord, when saw we Thee hungry, and fed Thee? thirsty, and gave Thee to drink? And when saw we Thee a stranger, and received Thee? naked, and clothed Thee? And when saw we Thee sick, and in prison, and came unto Thee? And the King, answering, shall say unto them, Verily I say unto you, In as far as ye have done it to the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall He say unto them who shall be on His left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which my Father hath prepared325    [Said to be in the old Itala, as in some Greek mss. So Irenæus, vol. i. p. 524.] for the devil and his angels:  for I have been hungry, and ye gave me not to eat: I have been thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink: I was a stranger, and ye received me not: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer and say, Lord, when saw we Thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and have not ministered unto Thee?  And He shall answer unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of the least of these, ye have not done it unto me. And these shall go away into everlasting burning, but the righteous into life eternal.”326    Matt. xxv. 31–46.

CAP. XXX.---QUOD IPSE SIT JUDEX ET REX .

In Psalmo LXXI: Deus, judicium tuum regi da, et justitiam tuam filio regis, judicare populum tuum in justitia (Ps. LXXI, 1, 2). Item in Apocalypsi: Et vidi coelum apertum ; et ecce equus albus, et qui sedebat super eum vocabatur fidelis et verus , aequum justumque judicat, et praeliatur. Oculi autem ejus erant tamquam flamma ignis, et super caput ejus diademata multa, et portabat nomen scriptum nemini alii nisi sibi notum. Et erat coopertus vestem aspersam sanguine, et dicitur nomen ejus Verbum Dei ; et exercitus qui sunt in coelo sequebantur eum in equis albis, induti 0722B byssinum album mundum ; et de ore ejus exibat gladius utrinque acutus, ut ex eo percuteret nationes quas ipse pasciturus est in virga ferrea, et ipse calcabit torcular vini irae Dei omnipotentis. Habet etiam in veste et in femore suo nomen scriptum: Rex regum et Dominus dominantium (Apoc. XIX, 11-16). Item in Evangelio: Cum venerit Filius hominis in claritate sua, et omnes Angeli cum eo, tunc sedebit in throno claritatis suae: et colligentur ante eum omnes gentes, et segregabit illos ab invicem, quemadmodum pastor segregat oves ab haedis; et statuet oves ad dexteram suam, haedos autem ad sinistram . Tunc dicet Rex eis qui ad dextram ejus erunt: Venite, benedicti Patris mei, percipite regnum quod vobis paratum est ab origine mundi. Esurivi enim, et dedistis mihi manducare; 0722C sitivi, et potastis me ; hospes fui, et adduxistis me ; nudus, et texistis me ; infirmus , et visitastis me; in carcere fui, et venistis ad me. Tunc respondebunt ei justi dicentes: Domine, quando te vidimus esurientem et pavimus, sitientem et potavimus? quando autem te vidimus, sitientem et potavimus? quando autem te vidimus hospitem et adduximus ? nudum, et vestivimus? quando autem te vidimus infirmum et in carcere, et venimus ad te? Et respondens Rex dicet eis: Amen dico vobis, quamdiu fecistis uni horum 0723A ex fratribus meis minimis, mihi fecistis. Tunc dicet illis qui ad sinistram ejus erunt : Discedite a me, maledicti, in ignem aeternum quem paravit Pater meus diabolo et angelis ejus. Esurivi enim, et non dedistis mihi manducare; sitivi, et non potastis me ; hospes fui, et non adduxistis me; nudus, et non vestistis me ; infirmus et in carcere, et non visitastis me. Tunc respondebunt 0724A et ipsi dicentes: Domine, quando te vidimus esurientem, aut sitientem, aut hospitem, aut nudum, aut infirmum, aut in carcere, et non ministravimus tibi? Et respondebit illis : Amen dico vobis, quamdiu non fecistis uni ex minimis his, neque mihi fecistis. Et abibunt isti in ambustionem aeternam , justi autem in vitam aeternam (Matth. XXV, 21-46).