On jeremiah (homilies 12-20) on and you shall say to this people: thus says the lord, the god of israel: every wineskin will be filled with wine up

 Therefore he here named the punishments unmixed wine, which they drink who are worthy of unmixed wine, that is, of unmixed punishment. but there are a

 To have the preeminence of a more honorable name than the people, god spares him so that he might not be punished when he sins. but the things written

 That god, sparing many, does not spare one. i will also take the example of a physician, showing that in sparing the whole body he does not spare one

 Then after this he commands them not to be lifted up, and teaches what must be done. what then is it to hear and what is it to give ear, let us unders

 Does darkness not happen? work while the light is in you. <the light is in you>, if you have in you the one who said: i am the light of the world

 Glory to god those who do things contrary to the glory of god through their sins. 12.12 “give glory to the lord our god before it grows dark, before y

 The prophets, lest we fall under the prophecy that says: but if you do not listen secretly, your soul will weep because of insolence. as many of you

 To cast a vote against the one who has sinned, each of the onlookers does not spare, does not look sad, does not pity, does not return to intercede fo

 What follows also fits: you have turned me away, says the lord, you will go backward. because you have turned away from the son of god, and because

 But not of pains that bring health to those being treated. 14.2 that people, therefore, was sick various diseases were among the people who were call

 Spiritual riches, but they turned away from what was being said and did not present themselves receptive so that they might be indebted for this reas

 How often i wanted to gather your children together» and what follows. and these things are also clearly spoken by the savior in the passage, “woe is

 Of the double-minded is judged. if you bear the image of the heavenly one having put off the image of the earthly one, you are not earth condemnin

 Of their affliction, he says, that is against the enemy, i stood by you on their behalf. and who is the enemy but our adversary the devil, who affli

 To a land which he did not know. for a fire is kindled from my wrath, it will be burned against you. after this, <ὁ> he who prayed above completes t

 In the present case, it was necessary † for such a thing to happen in the church of god. the one who was condemned has been condemned, so-and-so † whi

 Becomes inimitable, so that i become so great that no one is like me in character, in speech, in deeds, in wisdom, then i am able to say, because i al

 A limb, the physician tries to make a restoration of the dislocated part. when someone is outside his fatherland, whether justly or unjustly, and rece

 My savior and lord is about to stand before the father, being judged with all of us men. and he is judged with all men. i say: he is judged, he himsel

 My dispensation did this and that, and for your salvation i endured. when the savior says these things, what shall we do? for he is about to be judged

 Uncleanness.” having put these things to death, “he does not rely on the flesh of his own arm.” “cursed is he who has his hope in man.” and at the sam

 To take the souls that are on the hills, those not lying below? and see if the prophet did not cry out mystically saying these things and presenting t

 My ‘soul, you have good things laid up for many years rest, eat, drink, be merry.’” you see the one below the mountains, the one below the hills, th

 What awaits us, must be understood. if, then, we depart this life having sins, but also having virtues, will we be saved on account of the virtues, bu

 That the gentiles who sin receive their sins simply, but we receive our offenses doubly. for if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge

 It is written with an iron pen, with a diamond point, engraved upon the breast of the heart ” but again, the word 'their' does not follow in that case

 Simpler than the believers. “the partridge called,” therefore, “it gathered what it did not hatch, making its wealth not with judgment.” the partridge

 Your names are written in the heavens”. therefore one must rejoice, if one becomes such a person, so that his name may be inscribed in the heavens. bu

 For “there shall be trouble in jacob, nor shall toil be seen in israel.” there is no labor for one following jesus the very act of following removes

 Has ascended far above the earthen vessels. below are the earthen vessels, and the nature that administers the earthen vessels, condescending to the t

 Into the potter's house and he recounts what he saw, saying: and behold, he was doing a work with his hands, and the vessel which he was making in th

 To be planted,” a whole nation and since this <the> nation being built up and planted has a good promise, but is able to sin, he says after speaking

 Christ, the mystery of the church, the one who comes to the synagogue and does not bear fruit. 18.6 at last i will speak against a nation or even aga

 Speaking to the child in a childish way, or that i may speak more emphatically, in an infantile way, that you have borne with the manners of your son

 Of the lord saying through the prophet: and the lord spoke to them. and to <us> now the lord says through the scriptures, let each one turn from hi

 Jews but since they did not thirst for christ and the holy spirit, they cannot drink even from god. those from the heresies seemed to have thirsted f

 Immer, and that he was a priest, and what rank he held among the people, that he was appointed leader of the house of the lord at the time when jeremi

 God will do it». and such a high priest is superficially beautiful and a whitewashed wall, full of dead men’s bones and of all uncleanness on the ins

 Of the disciples, as they were asking him, where do you want us to prepare the passover for you?, he said, as you are going, a man will meet you ca

 The sons of jerusalem have departed and the city has been destroyed. but if you examine the matter and see the city not as stones, but as people, you

 Burning in my bones, and i am weary on all sides and cannot bear it, because i heard the reproach of many gathering together round about,” and “saying

 For not only the adulterer is liable to the gehenna of fire, but also the one who says to his brother, fool. but if the one who says to his brothe

 You should think that his repentance has some kinship with the repentance of those who repent. for just as his word was something exceptional, his ang

 To the people, he hears god saying according to the scriptures: whom shall i send, and who will go to this people? and he, it says, answered: behol

 And i have insults as wood, i have drunkennesses as wood, thefts as wood, and i have built upon my structure ten thousand other pieces of wood. do you

 To despise», see if it is not truly for this reason, since they did not think they were deceived, they stored up for themselves «wrath in the day of w

 A laughingstock, all the day i was derided”? what am i saying, jeremiah? and my jesus was mocked for it says, “the pharisees, who were lovers of mone

 The unrighteous man “for it will be,” he says, “when you call upon me, i will not listen to you.” there, then, the unrighteous and it is clear that

 To discipline the body with fasts and to enslave it» «by abstaining from such foods,» and in every way «by the spirit to put to death the deeds of the

 In my bones, and i am exhausted on all sides and cannot bear it.” i fear lest such a thing is what is reserved for us, becoming a fire, as happened in

 Let us all, his friends, conspire against him watch his intention, and he will be deceived.” they wanted to deceive him with another deadly deception

 Let him examine. nevertheless, what awaits us are tormentors and one who examines hearts and reins for our sins from which sins if we are not quickly

Then after this he commands them not to be lifted up, and teaches what must be done. What then is it to hear and what is it to give ear, let us understand from the word itself. "give ear" means receive into the ears, and "hear," if it is said in contradistinction to "give ear," is perhaps "receive into the mind." And concerning the things said in the scriptures some are more secret and more mystical, while others are immediately useful to those who understand. Concerning the more secret things, I think "hear" is said, but concerning the things immediately useful and able to benefit the hearer even without interpretation, "give ear." Therefore, if we should examine the whole scripture, we will say, "becoming approved money-changers": this one thing hear, and that one thing give ear. Then when we have heard and given ear, he commands us: "and be not lifted up"; for "everyone who exalts himself will be humbled." And the Savior also in saying: "learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls," teaches us not to be lifted up. For with the other human evils, this sin is also great in us, for sometimes being lifted up very irrationally and for that for which one should not be lifted up at all, and at other times with plausibility, because that for which we are lifted up is reasonable, yet it is not sound to be lifted up even for that. 12.8 What I am saying will be clear thus: there are some who are lifted up because they are sons of rulers and because they are of a family from great worldly dignities. Such people, being lifted up for a thing not of choice and indifferent, do not even have a reasonable plausibility impelling them to be lifted up. There are those who are lifted up because they have the authority to kill people, and who are lifted up because they have received what is called among them such an advancement as to cut off men's heads. "The glory" of such people "is in their shame." Others are lifted up for wealth, not the true but the earthly; and others are lifted up, for instance, for having a fine house or many fields. None of these things is worthy of mention, one must not be lifted up for any of these things. The plausible thing about being lifted up is when someone is lifted up because he is wise, and is lifted up being conscious in himself that for ten years now he has not touched carnal pleasures or even from childhood has not touched them; and again another is lifted up because he has worn chains for Christ. There is a plausibility here suggesting that one is reasonably lifted up, but not even for these things, according to the true account, is one reasonably lifted up. Thus it is not reasonable to be lifted up even for these things. Paul had the material for being lifted up because of the visions, because of the sights, because of the wonders and signs, because of the labors which he performed for Christ, because of the churches which he ambitiously planted, where Christ had not been named, to found a church. All these things <were> material for him to be lifted up, if one must speak with plausibility concerning being lifted up, that it would have seemed good to some for him to be lifted up. But nevertheless, since not even being lifted up for such things is without danger, the good Father, as He granted him visions and sights, so also gave him as a share of grace "an angel of Satan, to buffet him, so that he might not be exalted. And concerning this he besought the Lord three times, "that the angel of Satan might depart from him," the one given to him according to the economy so that he might not be lifted up. And the Lord answered him (for Paul was worthy of an answer from the Lord) and said to him: "My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore, one must not be lifted up for anything; for falling follows being lifted up according to that which says "a man's heart is exalted before destruction, and it is humbled before glory." These things then relate to "hear and give ear, and be not lifted up, because the Lord has spoken." 12.9 But let us see also what he commands us to do after these things; "Give," he says, "glory to the Lord our God before it grows dark, before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains; and you will wait for light." He who gives "glory to God" wills to give "glory to God" while it is light, as glory of God cannot be proclaimed when it grows dark and becomes darkness. When therefore does it grow dark, and when does the

εἶτα μετὰ τοῦτο προστάσσει αὐτοῖς μὴ ἐπαίρεσθαι, καὶ διδάσκει ὃ ποιητέον. τί οὖν τὸ ἀκοῦσαι καὶ τί τὸ ἐνωτίσασθαι, ἀπ' αὐτῆς τῆς λέξεως κατανοήσωμεν. τὸ «ἐνωτίσασθε» εἰς τὰ ὦτα δέξασθε, καὶ τὸ «ἀκούσατε», εἰ πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν λέγεται τοῦ «ἐνωτίσασθε», μήποτέ ἐστιν εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν δέξασθε. καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λεγομένων ἐν ταῖς γραφαῖς ἃ μέν ἐστιν ἀπορρητότερα καὶ μυστικώτερα, ἃ δὲ αὐτόθεν χρήσιμα τοῖς νοοῦσι. περὶ μὲν τῶν ἀπορρητοτέρων οἶμαι λέγεται τὸ «ἀκούσατε», περὶ δὲ τῶν αὐτόθεν χρησίμων καὶ χωρὶς ἑρμηνείας δυναμένων ὠφελῆσαι τὸν ἀκούοντα τὸ «ἐνωτίσασθε». ὅλην οὖν τὴν γραφὴν ἐὰν ἐξετάσωμεν, ἐροῦμεν «δόκιμοι γενόμενοι τραπεζῖται»· τοῦτο μὲν ἀκούσατε, τοῦτο δὲ ἐνωτίσασθε. Εἶτα ἐπὰν ἐπακούσωμεν καὶ ἐνωτισώμεθα, προστάσσει ἡμῖν· «καὶ μὴ ἐπαίρεσθε»· «πᾶς» γὰρ «ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται». καὶ ὁ σωτὴρ δὲ ἐν τῷ λέγειν· «μάθετε ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, ὅτι πραΰς εἰμι καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ εὑρήσετε ἀνάπαυσιν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν», διδάσκει ἡμᾶς τὸ μὴ ἐπαίρεσθαι. μετὰ γὰρ τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθρωπίνων κακῶν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἁμάρτημα πολὺ ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστιν, ὁτὲ μὲν γὰρ πάνυ ἀλόγως ἐπαιρομένοις καὶ ἐφ' ᾧ οὐδὲ κατὰ τὸ ποσὸν ἐπαίρεσθαι χρή, ὁτὲ δὲ μετὰ πιθανότητος, ὅτι εὔλογον τὸ ἐφ' ᾧ ἐπαιρόμεθα, οὐ μὴν ὑγιὲς καὶ ἐπ' ἐκείνῳ τὸ ἐπαίρεσθαι. 12.8 ὃ δὲ λέγω οὕτως ἔσται σαφές· εἰσί τινες ἐπαιρόμενοι, ὅτι εἰσὶν υἱοὶ ἡγεμόνων καὶ ὅτι γένους εἰσὶ τῶν ἀπὸ κοσμικῶν ἀξιωμάτων μεγάλων. οἱ τοιοῦτοι ἐπὶ ἀπροαιρέτῳ καὶ ἀδιαφόρῳ πράγματι ἐπαιρόμενοι οὐδὲ πιθανότητα εὔλογον ἔχουσι τὴν παραβαλλομένην αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ τὸ ἐπαίρεσθαι. εἰσὶν ἐπαιρόμενοι, ὅτι ἐξουσίαν ἔχουσιν ἀναιρεῖν ἀνθρώπους, καὶ ἐπαιρόμενοι, ὅτι εἰλήφασι τὴν παρ' αὐτοῖς καλουμένην προκοπὴν τοιαύτην ὥστε ἀποτεμεῖν ἀνθρώπων κεφαλάς. «ἡ δόξα» τῶν τοιούτων «ἐν τῇ αἰσχύνῃ αὐτῶν» ἐστιν. ἄλλοι ἐπὶ πλούτῳ ἐπαίρονται, οὐ τῷ ἀληθινῷ ἀλλὰ τῷ κάτω· καὶ ἄλλοι ἐπαίρονται, φέρ' εἰπεῖν, ἐπὶ τῷ οἰκίαν ἔχειν καλὴν ἢ ἀγροὺς πολλούς. οὐδὲν τούτων ἐστὶ λόγου ἄξιον, οὐ χρὴ ἐπαίρεσθαι ἐπί τινι τούτων. Τὸ πιθανὸν δὲ περὶ τοῦ ἐπαίρεσθαι, ὅταν τις ἐπαίρηται, ὅτι σοφός ἐστι, καὶ ἐπαίρηται συνειδὼς ἑαυτῷ, ὅτι ἤδη ἀπὸ δέκα ἐτῶν οὐχ ἥψατο ἀφροδισίων ἢ καὶ ἐκ παίδων οὐχ ἥψατο· καὶ πάλιν ἄλλος ἐπαίρεται, ὅτι δεσμοὺς ἐφόρεσε τοὺς περὶ Χριστοῦ. πιθανότης μέν ἐστιν ἐνταῦθα ὑποβάλλουσα, ὅτι εὐλόγως τις ἐπαίρεται, οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τούτοις δὲ ὡς πρὸς τὸν ἀληθῆ λόγον εὐλόγως τις ἐπαίρεται. οὕτως οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲ ἐπὶ τούτοις εὐλόγως ἐπαίρεσθαι. Παῦλος εἶχε τὴν ὕλην τοῦ ἐπαίρεσθαι αὐτὸν διὰ τὰς ὀπτασίας, διὰ τὰ ὁράματα, διὰ τὰ τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα, διὰ τοὺς καμάτους οὓς ἔκαμεν ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ, διὰ τὰς ἐκκλησίας ἃς ἔπηξε φιλοτιμούμενος, ὅπου μὴ ὠνομάσθη Χριστός, θεμελιοῦν ἐκκλησίαν. ταῦτα πάντα ὕλη <ἦ>ν τοῦ ἐπαί ρεσθαι αὐτὸν, εἰ χρὴ λέγειν μετὰ πιθανότητος τῆς περὶ τοῦ ἐπαίρεσθαι, ὅτι καλῶς ἂν ἔδοξέ τισιν ἐπαίρεσθαι αὐτόν. ἀλλ' ὅμως ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις ἐπαίρεσθαι ἀκίνδυνόν ἐστιν, ὁ χρηστὸς πατὴρ ὡς ἐδωρήσατο αὐτῷ ὀπτασίας καὶ ὁράματα, οὕτως αὐτῷ ἐν χαρίσματος μοίρᾳ ἔδωκεν «ἄγγελον σατάν, ἵνα αὐτὸν κολαφίσῃ, ἵνα μὴ ὑπεραίρηται. καὶ περὶ τούτου τρὶς τὸν κύριον παρεκάλεσεν, ἵνα ἀποστῇ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ ὁ ἄγγελος τοῦ σατανᾶ», ὁ κατ' οἰκονομίαν ἵνα μὴ ἐπαίρηται δοθεὶς αὐτῷ. καὶ ἀπεκρίνατο αὐτῷ ὁ κύριος (ἄξιος γὰρ ἦν ἀποκρίσεως κυρίου ὁ Παῦλος) καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ· «ἀρκεῖ σοι ἡ χάρις μου· ἡ γὰρ δύναμίς μου ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ τελειοῦται». ἐπὶ οὐδενὶ οὖν δεῖ ἐπαίρεσθαι· ἀκολουθεῖ γὰρ πεσεῖν τῷ ἐπαίρεσθαι κατὰ τὸ «πρὸ συντριβῆς ὑψοῦται καρδία ἀνδρὸς καὶ πρὸ δόξης ταπεινοῦται». ταῦτα μὲν εἰς τὸ «ἀκούσατε καὶ ἐνωτίσασθε, καὶ μὴ ἐπαίρεσθε, ὅτι κύριος ἐλάλησεν». 12.9 Ἴδωμεν δὲ καὶ τίνα κελεύει ἡμᾶς μετὰ ταῦτα ποιεῖν· «δότε» φησὶ «κυρίῳ τῷ θεῷ ἡμῶν δόξαν πρὸ τοῦ συσκοτάσαι, πρὸ τοῦ προσκόψαι τοὺς πόδας ὑμῶν ἐπ' ὄρη σκοτεινά· καὶ ἀναμενεῖτε εἰς φῶς». τὸν διδόντα «δόξαν τῷ θεῷ» θέλει διδόναι «δόξαν τῷ θεῷ» φωτὸς ὄντος, ὡς οὐ δυναμένης δόξης ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐπὰν συσκοτάσῃ καὶ γένηται σκότος. πότε οὖν συσκοτάζει, καὶ πότε ὁ