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to those taken captive after seventy years had passed, as Zacharias says: "You have overlooked the cities of Judah this seventieth year;" but to those who crucified Christ He would not relent, he says, except that in the last of days the remnant will be saved. And he stated the cause of such abandonment, saying, "For your hands are full of blood," indicating the murder of Christ. For he observes that he nowhere now accuses them of being idolaters, but that they did not know the Lord, and that they abandoned him, and provoked the Holy One of Israel. Therefore he also turns away from their sacrifices, as being from impious men, and who are attached to their sins. "For a sacrifice to God is a contrite spirit." For each one must offer himself as a living sacrifice, well-pleasing to God, a spiritual worship, a sacrifice of praise. For these things the former sacrifices also, having a shadow of the good things to come, hinted at; even if to those who were then thick-headed they were fitting in their outward form until the time of reformation; since, as far as pleasing God is concerned, he would not have legislated the sacrifices. But since the multitude of sacrifices according to the law are sent away, he has accepted one sacrifice in the last of the ages, for the abolition of sin, the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world. And with the truth having appeared, the shadow is useless. And one must offer to God both virtues and faith. For with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Since also of old they offered for their own transgressions, and Christ permitted it, being prefigured in the things offered. But now having come, he has put an end to the types. But the phrase, "I am full," must be taken by itself, not connecting it with what follows. For to God alone belongs the fullness of all blessedness, but not of the things mentioned next. "For of his fullness we have all received." For he is the object of desire for all, while he himself desires nothing. From him is a crown full of grace and power. And Paul, after the recognition, returned to Jerusalem full of the spirit; from this, Abraham was full of days. And in the returning people full days will be found. But if he casts away all the worship through Moses, how is it that "One jot shall not pass from the law until all things are fulfilled?" Is it not then clear that having cast out the corporeal, he promises to fulfill the spiritual? But observe that he did not reject all blood, but that from 1848 irrational animals, in contrast to that which was shed in the last days for the remission of sins, speaking better than that of Abel. And with the sacrifices being transferred to the spiritual, it was necessary for the priesthood also to be transferred, so that the one according to the order of Melchizedek might enter in its place. One must also distinguish the whole burnt offering, and thus add, of rams; so that it might be added in harmony with, "I do not want." To which must be assigned the phrase, "Neither should you come to be seen by me." For the phrase, "I do not want," is common. And along with the sacrifices he sets aside also the command that every male must be seen before the Lord. For they were unjust and perverse. But it is written: "The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous." And, "His face beholds uprightness;" and he also says, "Who has required these things from your hands?" meaning the corporeal things of the law. For the whole law is summed up in this, "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." And, "You shall no longer tread," he says, "my court." Thus it is a fearful thing to despise the Church for those who have been separated, unless they deliberately choose the greatest of penances. And it indicates their insolent entry, as of those trampling the holy things. And of those who enter, one reaches the Holy of Holies itself, having passed beyond the fleshly things within the veil, and conversing with the naked contemplation of intelligible things; another touches upon the more corporeal worship. But the one now being introduced is commanded to set foot only in the court. And another is driven even outside of this, from the places of piety. And he exhorts to the spiritual things of the law through the casting out of the corporeal things. For spiritual fine flour is a discourse about God separated from corporeal conception. And it is unworthy of God to think that He desires the sweet smell through the sense of smell, and not to understand by incense the sanctification of the body by the

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ληφθεῖσιν ἑβδομήκοντα παρελθόντων ἐτῶν, ὡς ὁ Ζαχαρίας φησίν· "Τὰς πόλεις Ἰούδα ὑπερεῖδες τοῦτο ἑβδομηκοστὸν ἔτος·" τοῖς δὲ Χριστὸν σταυρώσασιν οὐκ ἀνήσειν, φησὶν, πλὴν ὅτι ἐν ἐσχάτῳ τῶν ἡμερῶν τὸ ἐγκατάλειμμα σωθήσεται. Τῆς δὲ τοιαύτης ἐγκαταλείψεως τὴν αἰτίαν ἐπήνεγκεν λέγων, Αἱ γὰρ χεῖρες ὑμῶν αἵματος πλήρεις, τὴν Χριστοῦ μιαιφονίαν δηλῶν. Τηρεῖ γὰρ ὡς οὐδαμοῦ νῦν αὐτῶν ὡς εἰδωλολατρούντων κατηγορεῖ, ἀλλ' ὅτι μὴ ἔγνωσαν τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ὅτι ἐγκατέλιπον αὐτὸν, καὶ παρώξυναν τὸν ἅγιον τοῦ Ἰσραήλ. ∆ιὸ καὶ τὰς θυσίας αὐτῶν, ὡς ἀσεβῶν, ἀποστρέφεται, καὶ προσκειμένων τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασιν. "Θυσία γὰρ τῷ Θεῷ πνεῦμα συντετριμμένον." Ἕκαστον γὰρ ἑαυτὸν προσάγειν δεῖ θυσίαν ζῶσαν, εὐάρεστον τῷ Θεῷ, λογικὴν λατρείαν, θυσίαν αἰνέσεως. Ταῦτα γὰρ καὶ αἱ πρὶν θυσίαι σκιὰν ἔχουσαι τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν, ὑπῃνίττοντο· εἰ καὶ τοῖς τότε παχέσιν οὖσιν κατὰ τὸ φαινόμενον ἥρμοττον μέχρι καιροῦ διορθώσεως· ἐπεὶ, ὅσον εἰς τὸ ἀρέσκειν Θεῷ, οὐκ ἂν τὰς θυσίας ἐνομοθέτησεν. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν κατὰ νόμον θυσιῶν ἀποπέμπεται, μίαν προσεδέξατο θυσίαν ἐπ' ἐσχάτων αἰώνων, εἰς ἀθέτησιν ἁμαρτίας, τὸν ἀμνὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν αἴροντα τὴν ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου. Καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας φανείσης, ἀνόνητος ἡ σκιά. Καὶ δεῖ Θεῷ προσάγειν ἀρετάς τε καὶ πίστιν. Τοιαύταις γὰρ θυσίαις εὐαρεστεῖται Θεός. Ἐπεὶ καὶ πάλαι ὑπὲρ τῶν ἰδίων πλημμελημάτων προσέφερον, καὶ συνεχώρει Χριστὸς, ἐν τοῖς προσαγομένοις τυπούμενος. Ἀλλὰ νῦν ἐπιδημήσας, τοῖς τύποις πέρας ἐπέθηκεν. Τὸ δέ· Πλήρης εἰμὶ, ληπτέον καθ' ἑαυτὸ, μὴ συνάπτοντα τοῖς ἑξῆς. Θεῷ γὰρ μόνῳ τὸ πλῆρες ἁρμόττει πάσης μακαριότητος, ἀλλ' οὐ τῶν ἐφ' ἑξῆς ἐπιφερομένων. "Ἐκ τοῦ γὰρ πληρώματος αὐτοῦ ἡμεῖς πάντες ἐλάβομεν." Πάντων γάρ ἐστιν ἐφετὸν, αὐτὸς οὐδενὸς ἐφιέμενος. Ἀπ' αὐτοῦ στέφανος πλήρης χάριτος καὶ δυνάμεως. Καὶ Παῦλος, μετὰ τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν, πλήρης πνεύματος ὑπέστρεψεν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ· πλήρης ἐντεῦθεν ἡμερῶν Ἀβραάμ. Καὶ ἐν τῷ ἐπιστρέφοντι λαῷ ἡμέραι πλήρεις εὑρεθήσονται. Ἀλλ' εἰ ἀποβάλλει πᾶσαν τὴν διὰ Μωϋσέως λατρείαν, πῶς "Ἓν ἰῶτα οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ ἐκ τοῦ νόμου ἕως ἂν πάντα γένηται;" Οὐκ οὖν εὔδηλον ὡς τὸ σωματικὸν ἐκβαλὼν, τὸ πνευματικὸν πληροῦν ἐπαγγέλλεται. Τήρει δὲ ὡς οὐ πᾶν ἀπεδοκίμασεν αἷμα, τὸ δὲ ἐξ 1848 ἀλόγων ζώων, πρὸς ἀντιδιαστολὴν τοῦ ἐπ' ἐσχάτων ἡμερῶν ἐκχυθέντος εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, κρεῖττον λαλοῦντος παρὰ τὸ τοῦ Ἄβελ. Μετατιθεμένων δὲ τῶν θυσιῶν ἐπὶ τὸ πνευματικὸν, καὶ τὴν ἱερωσύνην ἐχρῆν μετατίθεσθαι, ἵνα ὁ κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδὲκ ἀντεισέλθῃ. ∆ιασταλτέον δὲ καὶ τὸ ὁλοκαύτωμα, καὶ οὕτως ἐπενεκτέον, τῶν κριῶν· ἵνα πρὸς τὸ, οὐ βούλομαι, συμφώνως ἐπενεχθῇ. Πρὸς ὃ ἀποδοτέον τὸ, Οὐδ' ἂν ἔρχησθε ὀφθῆναί μοι. Κοινὸν γὰρ τὸ, οὐ βούλομαι. Ἀθετεῖ δὲ μετὰ τῶν θυσιῶν καὶ τὸ, δεῖν ὁρᾶσθαι πᾶν ἀρσενικὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου. Ἄδικοι γὰρ ἦσαν καὶ σκολιοί. Γέγραπται δέ· "Ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους." Καὶ "Εὐθύτητας ἴδε τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ· λέγει δὲ καὶ, Τίς ταῦτα ἐζήτησεν ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν; τὰ σωματικὰ δηλονότι τοῦ νόμου. Ὅλος γὰρ ὁ νόμος ἀνακεφαλαιοῦται ἐν τῷ, "Ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλησίον σου, ὡς ἑαυτόν." Καὶ, Πατεῖν μου, φησὶ, τὴν αὐλὴν οὐ προσθήσεσθε. Οὕτω φοβερὸν καταφρονεῖν Ἐκκλησίας ἀφορισθέντας, εἰ μὴ τὸ μέγιστον τῶν ἐπιτιμίων αἱρουμένους ἐπίτηδες. ∆ηλοῖ δὲ τὴν ὑβριστικὴν αὐτῶν εἴσοδον, ὡς καταπατούντων τὰ ἅγια. Τῶν δὲ εἰσιόντων ὁ μὲν εἰς αὐτὰ φθάνει τὰ Ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων, ἔσωθεν τοῦ καταπετάσματος τὰ σαρκικὰ διαβὰς, καὶ γυμνῇ τῇ θεωρίᾳ τῶν νοητῶν ὁμιλῶν· ὁ δὲ τῆς σωματικωτέρας λατρείας ἐφάπτεται. Ὁ δὲ νῦν εἰσαγόμενος τῆς αὐλῆς μόνης ἐπιβῆναι κελεύεται. Ὁ δὲ καὶ ταύτης ἔξω τῶν τῆς εὐσεβείας τόπων ἐλήλαται. Πρὸς δὲ τὰ πνευματικὰ τοῦ νόμου παρακαλεῖ διὰ τῆς τῶν σωματικῶν ἐκβολῆς. Πνευματικὴ γὰρ σεμίδαλις, λόγος περὶ Θεοῦ σωματικῆς ἐννοίας κεχωρισμένος. Ἀνάξιον Θεοῦ καὶ τὸ, Νομίζειν αὐτὸν τῆς δι' ὀσφρήσεως εὐωδίας ἐπιθυμεῖν, καὶ μὴ θυμιάματος τὸν ἁγιασμὸν νοῆσαι τοῦ σώματος ὑπὸ τῆς