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"And you shall see his destruction." Which happened to the devil through the precious cross. "And upon necks." For behold, he says: I have given you authority to tread upon serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. "My delicate ones." Those who were made delicate and well-dyed according to the original creation, traveled the uneven and rough roads. "Take courage, Jerusalem." God the Word, who for our sake became man, who deigned to call the Church his bride. "Wretched are those who mistreated you." Demons, heretics, those who at times persecuted the Church. "Wretched are the cities." The strongholds of evils, the constructions of demons. "Thus she will be grieved. Idolatry and the Synagogue of the Jews. "And I will remove from her." Of the Synagogue that persecuted the Church, and of the various assault of evils. "For fire will come upon." Instead of, until he returned; wherefore he also spoke of the longer time. 93.773 "Look around." To the sun of righteousness, our Lord Jesus Christ. CHAP. V. "Take off, Jerusalem." The old man with his desires. "And put on." As many as were baptized into Christ, have put on Christ. "Clothe yourself." These are the teachings of the old and new testament. Otherwise: the practical and theoretical virtue. "Put on the miter." The cross of Christ, which is imprinted on the forehead of the faithful. Or even the Lord himself; for the head of the Church is Christ. "For your name shall be called." The marks of the new Jerusalem. But he added of righteousness. For since there is peace for sinners according to David, wherefore the Savior also says: My peace I give to you. -So that the assault of the enemies is no longer able to shatter the peace of righteousness, nor to destroy the glory of piety. Otherwise: Since our peace is Christ, and he is our righteousness and glory, and he is the model of our pious way of life, from him we too are called. "Arise, Jerusalem." Upon a high way of life, upon the evangelical preaching. "For they went out." The figure is mournful, as David shows, fleeing Absalom. But those who served demons and were led by their various desires did things worthy of mourning. "As sons of the kingdom." Borne by holy angels, and sent through faith in Christ into the kingdom of heaven. "He commanded... every high mountain to be made low." Every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. "And everlasting dunes." The demons who from the beginning, from eternity, war against us. "And ravines to be filled." The divisions of the false christs to be brought to concord. Otherwise: that the formerly hollow and earthly souls be filled through good works, the stumbling blocks having been removed.

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"Καὶ ὄψει αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀπώλειαν." Ἥτις γέγονε τῷ διαβόλῳ διὰ τοῦ τιμίου σταυροῦ. "Καὶ ἐπὶ τραχήλους." Ἰδοὺ γάρ φησι· ∆έδωκα ὑμῖν ἐξουσίαν τοῦ πατεῖν ἐπάνω ὄφεων καὶ σκορπίων, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ. "Οἱ τρυφεροί μου." Οἱ κατὰ τὴν ἐξ ἀρχῆς δημιουργίαν τρυφεροὶ καὶ εὐβαφεῖς γενόμενοι, τὰς ἀνωμάλους, καὶ τραχείας ὁδοὺς ἐπορεύθησαν. "Θάρσει, Ἱερουσαλήμ." Ὁ Θεὸς Λόγος, ὁ δι' ἡμᾶς ἐνανθρωπήσας, ὁ νύμφην ἑαυτοῦ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν ἀξιώσας καλέσαι. "∆είλαιοι οἱ σὲ κακώσαντες." ∆αίμονες, αἱρετικοὶ, οἱ κατὰ καιρὸν τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν διώξαντες. "∆είλαιαι αἱ πόλεις." Τὰ ὀχυρώματα τῶν κακῶν, αἱ κατασκευαὶ τῶν δαιμόνων. "Οὕτως λυπηθήσεται. Ἡ εἰδωλολατρεία καὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἡ Συναγωγή. "Καὶ περιελῶ αὐτῆς." Τῆς τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν διωξάσης Συναγωγῆς, καὶ τῆς ποικίλης τῶν κακῶν ἐφόδου. "Πῦρ γὰρ ἐπελεύσεται." Ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἕως ὅτε ἐπέστρεψεν· διὸ καὶ τὸν πλείονα χρόνον εἷπεν. 93.773 "Περίβλεψον." Πρὸς τὸν τῆς δικαιοσύνης ἥλιον, τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν. ΚΕΦ. Εʹ. "Ἔκδυσαι, Ἱερουσαλήμ." Τὸν παλαιὸν ἄνθρωπον σὺν ταῖς ἐπιθυμίαις αὐτοῦ. "Καὶ ἔνδυσαι." Ὅσοι εἰς Χριστὸν ἐβαπτίσθησαν, Χριστὸν ἐνεδύσαντο. "Περιβαλοῦ." Ταῦτα τῆς παλαιᾶς καὶ καινῆς διαθήκης διδάγματα. Ἄλλως· τὴν πρακτικὴν, καὶ θεωρητικὴν ἀρετήν. "Ἐπίθου τὴν μίτραν." Τὸν σταυρὸν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, τὸν ἐν τῷ μετώπῳ τῶν πιστῶν τυπούμενον. Ἢ καὶ αὐτὸν τὸν Κύριον· κεφαλὴ γὰρ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ὁ Χριστός. "Κληθήσεται γάρ σου ὄνομα." Τῆς νέας Ἱερουσαλὴμ τὰ γνωρίσματα. ∆ικαιοσύνης δὲ προσέθηκεν. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἔστιν ἁμαρτωλῶν εἰρήνη κατὰ τὸν ∆αβὶδ, διὸ καὶ ὁ Σωτήρ· Εἰρήνην, λέγει, τὴν ἐμὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν. -̔Ως μηκέτι δυναμένης τῆς ἐφόδου τῶν ἐχθρῶν τὴν εἰρήνην τὴν τῆς δικαιοσύνης διασπᾶσαι, μηδὲ καταλῦσαι τῆς θεοσεβείας τὴν δόξαν. Ἄλλως· Ἐπειδὴ ἡ εἰρήνη ἡμῶν ὁ Χριστὸς, καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν ἡ δικαιοσύνη ἡμῶν καὶ ἡ δόξα, καὶ αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ τῆς κατὰ θεοσέβειαν πολιτείας ἡμῶν ὑπογραμμὸς, ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἡμεῖς καλούμεθα. "Ἀνάστηθι, Ἱερουσαλήμ." Ἐπὶ ὑψηλῆς πολιτείας, ἑπὶ τοῦ εὐαγγελικοῦ κηρύγματος. "Ἐξῆλθον γάρ." Τὸ σχῆμα πενθῆρες, ὡς δηλοῖ ∆αβὶδ, φεύγων τὸν Ἀβεσαλώμ. Πένθους δὲ ἄξια ἔπραττον οἱ δαιμονίοις δουλεύοντες, καὶ ταῖς ποικίλαις αὐτῶν ἀγόμενοι ἐπιθυμίαις. "Ὡς υἱοὺς βασιλείας." Αἰρομένους μὲν ὑπὸ ἁγίων ἀγγέλων, παραπεμπομένους δὲ διὰ τῆς εἰς Χριστὸν πίστεως εἰς τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείαν. "Συνέταξε ... ταπεινοῦσθαι πᾶν ὄρος ὑψηλόν." Πᾶν ὕψωμα ἐπαιρόμενον κατὰ τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ. "Καὶ θῖνας ἀεννάους." Τοὺς ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἀπ' αἰῶνος πολεμοῦντας ἡμᾶς δαίμονας. "Καὶ φάραγγας πληροῦσθαι." Τὰς κατατομὰς τῶν ψευδοχρίστων εἰς ὁμόνοιαν φέρεσθαι. Ἄλλως· τὰς πάλαι κοίλας καὶ γεώδεις ψυχὰς, δι' ἔργων ἀγαθῶν πληροῦσθαι, τῶν σκανδάλων περιαιρεθέντων.