which he added: Before their fathers he did wondrous things. And according to the saying he parted the sea, and led them through; for all things happened, even if they are symbols, being taken as gospel parables of the ways to which one was led up. But another will say, that "I will open my mouth in parables" does not refer to the things from Exodus; but to the parables of Christ in the Gospel, speaking through the prophet: "Attend, my people, to my law," and what follows it. A crown of graces. The compass of the virtues, because they are bound to one another. 13.28 A golden collar about your neck. By a golden collar he means the radiance and the circular brightness of the divine oracles. And by neck he means the mind. Let us take away his memory from the earth. And those who said, "This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may become ours," would also say these things. But cast your lot among us. Having abandoned that way of life, become one with us, keep the sabbath with us, make the unleavened bread with us, and the other observances of the law. For they themselves are participants in murder. For God is the giver of good things; but we are the cause of evils, that is, of things that cause harm. And you might say these things also about the Jews who partook of blood, both that of the prophets and of Christ himself. These are the ways of all who bring lawless things to completion. To bring to completion, I think, is not simply to do something, but to fill up the measure of their fathers, and to be subject to all the blood from Abel to Zacharias. Wisdom is hymned in the public places. When kept silent by a wise man, it is not hymned; but having found an outlet, it is hymned. For it will be when you call upon me. For we call upon wisdom, which is Christ, as Lord. Therefore he who calls upon Christ, if he understands who he is, calls upon wisdom, understanding, sanctification, righteousness, and every virtue; even if not with lips, but with deeds. But let us not become such that we call upon him, but he does not hearken. {1CHAP. 2.}1 If, having received the word of my commandment, you hide it within yourself. And one hides it, not doing this for vainglory, but striving to be hidden. Then you will understand the fear of the Lord. But see after how many things we will understand the fear of the Lord; for it too is obscure, as is clear from the simpler ones; for it is possible to see some people fearing the Lord in things they ought not, and not fearing him in things they ought. And give your voice to understanding. And each one gives his own voice to something, perhaps speaking its utterance to anger, or to grief, or to fornication. But the blessed man dedicates his whole voice to the Lord, so that whatever he might speak, may be wisdom. And as another seeks silver, so you seek wisdom, becoming, as it were, a lover of money in this. Let not evil counsel overtake you. Those who are strangers to the Church promise one thing at the beginning, and other things at the end; for from the beginning they turn men away from idolatry, and bring them to the Creator; then changing their ground, they reject the Old Scripture, 13.29 opposing the elemental newness. But among the ecclesiastical teachers the ends are in harmony with the beginning elements. {1CHAP. 3.}1 But let your heart keep my words. After the prescriptive and prohibitive aspects of the law of God, the words of the wisdom of God announce the true knowledge of things that are. Such is also the saying, "Out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem." For he who keeps the laws will receive wisdom. For, it says, "Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap for a season of life." Then next is added to the practical: "Enlighten for yourselves a light of knowledge." Provide for good things in the sight of the Lord and of men. If you do what is done in wisdom, you will be a son of God, as it is said: "In wisdom you have made all things." Honor the Lord from your just labors. The divine Scripture usually takes the name of honor in the sense of giving; for it says, "Honor widows, those who are truly widows," instead of, "Give a share," so as not to humiliate the widow, by not saying almsgiving. And the Savior also says: "It is written in the law: 'Honor your father and your mother';" and the rest. And he said "from just labors," so that it might not be from robbery and greed. And let no one hesitate to give; for he will have no defense after the one in the

ὅπερ ἐπήγαγεν· Ἐναντίον τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν ἐποίησε θαυμάσια. Καὶ κατὰ τὸ ῥητὸν διέῤῥηξε θάλασσαν, καὶ διήγαγεν αὐ τούς· πάντα γὰρ γέγονεν, εἰ καὶ σύμβολά ἐστι τῶν ἐφ' ἅπερ ἀνήγετο τρόπων παραβολῶν εὐαγγελικῶν λαμβανόμενα. Ἕτερος δέ τις ἐρεῖ, οὐκ ἐπὶ τὰ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἐξόθου ἀναφέρεσθαι τὸ, Ἀνοίξω ἐν παραβολαῖς τὸ στόμα μου· ἀλλ' ἐπὶ τὰς ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ παρα βολὰς τοῦ Χριστοῦ λέγοντος ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ· Προσ έχετε, λαός μου, νόμον μου, καὶ τὰ ἐπ' αὐτῷ. Στέφανος χαρίτων. Ἡ περιοχὴ τῶν ἀρετῶν, διὰ τὸ συνδεδέσθαι ἀλλήλαις. 13.28 Κλοιὸν χρύσεον περὶ σῷ τραχήλῳ. Κλοιὸν χρύ σεον λέγει τὸν περιαυγασμὸν καὶ τὸ κυκλοειδὲς σέ λας τῶν θείων λογίων. Τράχηλον δὲ λέγει τὸν νοῦν. Ἄρωμεν αὐτοῦ τὴν μνήμην ἐκ γῆς. Φήσαιεν δὲ ταῦτα καὶ οἱ εἰπόντες· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ κληρονόμος· δεῦτε, ἀποκτείνωμεν αὐτὸν, ἵνα ἡμῶν γένηται ἡ κληρονομία. Τὸν δὲ σὸν κλῆρον βάλε ἐν ἡμῖν. Ἐκείνης τῆς πολιτείας ἀποστὰς, γενοῦ μεθ' ἡμῶν, σαββάτιζε μεθ' ἡμῶν, τὰ ἄζυμα ποίει μεθ' ἡμῶν, καὶ τὰς ἄλ λας τοῦ νόμου παρατηρήσεις. Αὐτοὶ γὰρ οἱ φόνου μετέχοντες. Ἀγαθῶν μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς δοτήρ· κακῶν δὲ ἡμεῖς αἴτιοι, δη λαδὴ κακωτικῶν. Φαίης δ' ἂν ταῦτα καὶ περὶ τῶν μετασχόντων αἵματος Ἰουδαίων, τῶν τε προφητῶν καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Αὗται αἱ ὁδοί εἰσι πάντων τῶν συντελούντων τὰ ἄνομα. Συντελεῖν οὐχ ἁπλῶς οἶμαί τι ποιεῖν, ἀλλὰ πληρῶσαι τὸ μέτρον τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν, καὶ ὑπο κεῖσθαι παντὶ αἵματι ἀπὸ Ἄβελ μέχρι Ζαχαρίου. Σοφία ἐν ἐξόδοις ὑμνεῖται. Σιωπωμένη μὲν ὑπὸ σοφοῦ, οὐχ ὑμνεῖται· ἐξόδου δὲ τυχοῦσα, ὑμνεῖται. Ἔσται γὰρ ὅταν ἐπικαλέσησθέ με. Ὡς Κύριον γὰρ ἐπικαλούμεθα τὴν σοφίαν οὖσαν Χριστόν. Ὁ οὖν ἐπικαλούμενος τὸν Χριστὸν, εἰ νοεῖ τίς ἐστιν, ἐπικαλεῖται σοφίαν, σύνεσιν, ἁγιασμὸν, δικαιοσύνην, καὶ πᾶσαν ἀρετήν· εἰ καὶ μὴ χείλεσιν, ἀλλὰ πράξε σιν. Ἀλλὰ μὴ τοιοῦτοι γενώμεθα, ὡς ἐπικαλεῖσθαι ἡμᾶς, αὐτὸν δὲ μὴ ὑπακούειν. {1ΚΕΦ. Βʹ.}1 Ἐὰν, δεξάμενος ῥῆσιν ἐμῆς ἐντολῆς, κρύψῃς παρὰ σεαυτῷ. Κρύπτει δέ τις, μὴ ἐπὶ κενοδοξίᾳ ταύτην ποιῶν, ἀλλὰ σπουδάζων λανθάνειν. Τότε συνήσεις φόβον Κυρίου. Ὅρα δὲ μεθ' ὅσα συνήσομεν φόβον Κυρίου· ἀσαφὴς γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς, ὡς δῆλον ἐκ τῶν ἁπλουστέρων· ἔστι γὰρ τινὰς ἰδεῖν οὐκ ἐν οἷς δεῖ φοβουμένους τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐν οἷς χρὴ μὴ φοβουμένους. Καὶ τῇ συνέσει δῷς φωνήν σου. Ἕκαστος δὲ δίδωσι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ φωνήν τινι, ἢ τῇ ὀργῇ τυχὸν τὸ αὐτῆς φθεγγόμενος, ἢ τῇ λύπῃ, ἢ τῇ πορνείᾳ. Ὁ δὲ μακάριος ὅλην τὴν ἑαυτοῦ φωνὴν ἀνατίθησι τῷ Κυ ρίῳ, ἵνα ἃ δ' ἂν λαλῇ, σοφία ᾖ. Ὡς ἄλλος δὲ τὸ ἀρ γύριον, οὕτω ζήτει σὺ τὴν σοφίαν, οἱονεὶ φιλάργυ ρος ἐν τούτῳ γινόμενος. Μή σε καταλάβῃ βουλὴ κακή. Οἱ ἀλλότριοι τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἄλλα μὲν ἐπαγγέλλονται κατ' ἀρχὰς, ἄλλα δὲ κατὰ τέλη· ἀφιστᾶσι μὲν γὰρ εἰδωλολατρείας ἐξ ἀρχῆς, καὶ προσάγουσι τῷ ∆ημιουργῷ· εἶτα με τατιθέμενοι, τὴν Παλαιὰν ἀθετοῦσι Γραφὴν ἐναν 13.29 τιούμενοι τῇ στοιχειώδει νεότητι. Παρὰ δὲ τοῖς ἐκ κλησιαστικοῖς διδασκάλοις σύμφωνα τοῖς ἐν ἀρχῇ στοιχείοις τὰ τέλη. {1ΚΕΦ. Γʹ.}1 Τὰ δὲ ῥήματά μου τηρείτω σὴ καρδία. Μετὰ τὰ προστακτικὰ καὶ ἀπαγορευτικὰ τοῦ νόμου τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὰ ῥήματα τῆς σοφίας τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπαγγέλλει τὴν τῶν ὄντων γνῶσιν ἀψευδῆ. Τοιοῦτόν ἐστι καὶ τὸ, Ἐκ Σιὼν ἐξελεύσεται ὁ νόμος, καὶ λόγος Κυρίου ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ. Ὁ γὰρ τηρῶν τοὺς νόμους ἀναλήψεται τὴν σοφίαν. Σπείρατε γὰρ, φησὶν, ἑαυτοῖς δικαιοσύνην· τρυγήσατε εἰς καιρὸν ζωῆς. Εἶθ' ἑξῆς τῷ πρακτικῷ ἐπιφέρεται· Φωτίσατε ἑαυ τοῖς φῶς γνώσεως. Προνοοῦ καλὰ ἐνώπιον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνθρώπων. Ἐὰν ἐν σοφίᾳ ποιῇς τὸ πραττόμενον, υἱὸς ἔσῃ Θεοῦ, ὡς εἴρηται· Πάντα ἐν σοφίᾳ ἐποίησας. Τίμα τὸν Κύριον ἀπὸ σῶν δικαίων πόνων. Τὸ τῆς τιμῆς ὄνομα συνήθως ἐπὶ δόσεως ἡ θεία λαμβά νει Γραφή· Χήρας γὰρ, φησὶ, τίμα, τὰς ὄντως χήρας, ἀντὶ τοῦ, Μεταδίδου, ἵνα μὴ ταπεινώσῃ τὴν χήραν, ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ εἰπών. Καὶ ὁ Σωτὴρ δέ φησι· Γέγραπται ἐν τῷ νόμῳ· Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα σου· καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Ἀπὸ δι καίων δὲ πόνων εἶπεν, ἵνα μὴ ἐξ ἁρπαγῆς εἴη καὶ πλεονεξίας. Καὶ μηδεὶς ὀκνείτω διδόναι· ἀπολογίαν γὰρ οὐχ ἕξει μετὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ