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the passion of Christ. 18. How all things have been created through the God Logos. 19. How instead of sacrifices and the ancient typical worship, the body of Christ has been offered for all. 20. Concerning the traitor Judas and the resurrection of Christ. 21. Concerning Christ as beloved, and how he is proclaimed God, king, and Christ, the same. 22. Concerning the ascension of Christ, and the calling of the nations. 23. Concerning the calling of the nations, and of Christ as a man. 24. Concerning the calling of the nations, and the second coming of Christ, and the refutation of those of the circumcision. 25. Concerning the traitor Judas. 20. Concerning Christ as king. 27. Concerning Christ as a man, and concerning the Father and the Son, and the two covenants. 28. Concerning the resurrection of Christ, and the gospel of the apostles, and concerning the nations. 29. Concerning the events of the passion of Christ, and the rejection of the Jewish people. 30. Concerning the passion and resurrection of Christ, and concerning the generation that is to come. 31. Concerning Christ as king, and concerning his kingdom from eternity and unto infinity, and the submission of the nations. 32. Concerning Christ as a man and son of man. 33. Concerning the appearance of Christ. 34. Concerning the eternal throne of Christ, and how he will be from the seed of David; and concerning the persecutions of the church at various times. 35. Concerning the calling of the nations and of Christ. 30. Concerning the sending of the Logos from heaven; and the calling of the nations and the desolation of the former people. 37. Concerning the traitor, and the plot against Christ. 66 38. Concerning two lords, the Father and the Son, and concerning the pre-eternal essence of Christ, and his eternal high priesthood and passion. 39. Concerning Christ as a man. 40. Concerning Christ as a stone; and concerning the Hosanna. 41. Concerning the kingdom of Christ, and how it will be from David. 42. Concerning the passion and the resurrection. 43. Concerning the descent of Christ from heaven. 44. Concerning the sending of the God Logos from heaven. 45. How all things have been created through the God Logos. 67 BOOK 2. Having described the testimonies concerning our Savior from the historical writings, we will add to them in order those from the poetical books, gathered in this second compilation of the Selections; because these indeed take precedence in time over the other prophecies. And so first let us examine those from the book of Psalms. Ps. Of Psalm 1. Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat on the seat of pestilent men; but his will is in the law of the Lord, and in his law he will meditate day and night. And who could one point out as having driven virtue to such an extraordinary degree as to fall into no manner of sin whatsoever, which seems to me to be signified by, 'he has not walked in the counsel of the ungodly,' and, 'he has not stood in the way of sinners,' and 'he has not sat on the seat of pestilent men'; by which I think is indicated the one who is called blessed being completely without taste of sin; for to not only not walk in such things, nor, as it were, having walked to have made progress, but indeed not even to have sat down, nor yet to have set foot on them at all in the first place, nor to have stood in them, how is this not something wonderful and rare? But the praises of the man indicated are presented to the mind rather as spoken in the imperfect tense; 68 for he says, he neither walked, nor stood, nor sat in such forms of wickedness, by which is shown the ever and always virtuous state of the one who is called blessed. One might see many, then, who have achieved righteousness through attention and practice, but surely no one such as the psalm describes; and if one should contemplate how great a thing it is to flow smoothly in all things and to prosper according to God, stumbling in nothing, nor falling away from the goal of virtue, so that on this account it is said in the Psalm, 'and whatsoever he does shall be prospered'; furthermore if one should understand what it is to

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τὸ πάθος τοῦ Χριστοῦ. ιηʹ. Ὡς διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγου τὰ σύμπαντα δεδημιούργηται. ιθʹ. Ὡς ἀντὶ θυσιῶν καὶ τῆς πάλαι τυπικῆς λατρείας τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὑπὲρ ἁπάντων προσενήνεκται. κʹ. Περὶ τοῦ προδότου Ἰούδα καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ. καʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς περὶ ἀγαπητοῦ, καὶ ὡς Θεὸς βασι λεὺς καὶ ὡς Χριστὸς ὁ αὐτὸς ἀναγορεύεται. κβʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἀναλήψεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν κλήσεως. κγʹ. Περὶ τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν κλήσεως, καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς περὶ ἀνθρώπου. κδʹ. Περὶ τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν κλήσεως, καὶ τῆς δευτέρας τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίας, καὶ τοῦ ἐλέγχου τῶν ἐκ περιτομῆς. κεʹ. Περὶ τοῦ προδότου Ἰούδα. κʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς περὶ βασιλέως. κζʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς περὶ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ περὶ Πατρὸς καὶ Υἱοῦ, καὶ δύο διαθηκῶν. κηʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τοῦ τῶν ἀποστόλων εὐαγγελίου, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν. κθʹ. Περὶ τῶν κατὰ τὸ πάθος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τῆς ἀποβολῆς τοῦ Ἰουδαίων λαοῦ. λʹ. Περὶ τοῦ πάθους καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἡξούσης γενεᾶς. λαʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς περὶ βασιλέως, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἐξ αἰῶνος καὶ εἰς ἄπειρον βασιλείας αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν ὑποταγῆς. λβʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς περὶ ἀνδρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ ἀνθρώπου. λγʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ. λδʹ. Περὶ τοῦ αἰωνίου θρόνου τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ὡς ἐκ σπέρμα τος ἔσται ∆αυίδ· καὶ περὶ τῶν κατὰ καιροὺς διωγμῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας. λεʹ. Περὶ τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν κλήσεως καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ. λʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐξ οὐρανῶν τοῦ Λόγου ἀποστολῆς· καὶ τῆς τῶν ἐθνῶν κλήσεως καὶ ἐρημίας τοῦ προτέρου λαοῦ. λζʹ. Περὶ τοῦ προδότου, καὶ τῆς κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπιβουλῆς. 66 ληʹ. Περὶ δύο κυρίων Πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, καὶ περὶ τῆς πρὸ αἰῶνος οὐσιώσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τῆς ἀϊδίου ἀρχιερωσύνης αὐτοῦ καὶ τοῦ πάθους. λθʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς περὶ ἀνδρός. μʹ. Περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὡς περὶ λίθου· καὶ περὶ τοῦ Ὡσαννᾶ. μαʹ. Περὶ τῆς Χριστοῦ βασιλείας, καὶ ὡς ἔσται ἀπὸ ∆αυίδ. μβʹ. Περὶ τοῦ πάθους καὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως. μγʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐξ οὐρανῶν καθόδου τοῦ Χριστοῦ. μδʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐξ οὐρανῶν ἀποστολῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγου. μεʹ. Ὡς διὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγου τὰ σύμπαντα δεδημιούργηται. 67 ΛΟΓΟΣ Βʹ. Περιγράψαντες τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν ἱστορικῶν γραφῶν περὶ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν μαρτυρίας, ἑξῆς ἐκείναις τὰς ἀπὸ τῶν στιχηρῶν ἐν δευτέρᾳ ταύτῃ συντάξει τῶν Ἐκλογῶν ἀπανθισάμενοι προσθήσομεν· ὅτι δὴ ταῦτα τοῖς χρόνοις τῶν λοιπῶν προφητειῶν ἡγεῖται. Καὶ δὴ πρώτας τὰς ἀπὸ τῆς βίβλου τῶν Ψαλμῶν ἐπισκεψώμεθα. Ψ. Ψαλμοῦ αʹ. Μακάριος ἀνὴρ ὃς οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν, καὶ ἐν ὁδῷ ἁμαρτωλῶν οὐκ ἔστη, καὶ ἐπὶ καθέδραν λοιμῶν οὐκ ἐκάθισεν· ἀλλ' ἢ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ Κυρίου τὸ θέλημα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ αὐτοῦ μελετήσει ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός. Καὶ τίνα ἄν τις ἔχοι ἀποδεικνύναι εἰς τοσαύτην ἐξέσω ἐξαίσιον? ἀρετὴν ἐληλακότα ὡς ἐν μηδενὶ τρόπῳ ἧς δή ποτ' οὖν περιπεσεῖν ἁμαρτίας, ὅπερ σημαίνειν μοι δοκεῖ τὸ, οὐκ ἐπορεύθη ἐν βουλῇ ἀσεβῶν, καὶ τὸ, οὐκ ἔστη ἐν ὁδῷ ἁμαρτωλῶν, τό τε ἐπὶ καθέδραν λοιμῶν οὐκ ἐκάθισεν· δι' ὧν δηλοῦσθαι νομίζω τὸ πάντη ἄγευστον ἁμαρτίας τοῦ μακαριζομένου· τὸ γὰρ μὴ μόνον ἐν τοῖς τοιοῖσδε μὴ πορευθῆναι, μὴ δ' ὡσπερεὶ βαδίσαντα προκόψαι, ἀλλὰ γὰρ μηδὲ καθεσθῆναι, μὴ δὲ μὴν ὅλως ἐπιβῆναι τὴν ἀρχὴν, μὴ δὲ στῆναι ἐν αὐτοῖς, πῶς οὐ θαυμαστόν τι χρῆμα καὶ σπάνιον τυγχάνει; Παρίσταται δὲ μᾶλλον τῇ διανοίᾳ παρατατικῶς εἰρη 68 μένα τὰ τοῦ δηλουμένου ἀνδρὸς ἐγκώμια· οὔτε γὰρ ἐπορεύθη φησὶν, οὔτ' ἔστη, οὔτ' ἐκάθισεν ἐν τοῖς τοιοῖσδε τῆς κακίας εἴδεσιν, δι' ὧν ἐμφαίνεται ἡ ἐκ τοῦ ἀεὶ καὶ διὰ παντὸς ἐνάρετος τοῦ μακαριζομένου κατάστασις. Πολλοὺς μὲν οὖν τοὺς ἐκ προσοχῆς καὶ ἀσκήσεως κατωρθωκότας ἴδοι ἄν τις, οὐδένα γε μὴν τοιοῦτον ὁποῖον ὁ ψαλμὸς διαγράφει· εἰ δὲ θεωρήσειέν τις ὁπηλίκον ἐστὶν τὸ πρὸς πάντα εὐροεῖν καὶ κατὰ Θεὸν εὐοδοῦσθαι ἐν μηδενὶ σφαλλόμενον, μὴ δ' ἀποπίπτοντα τοῦ κατ' ἀρετὴν σκοποῦ, ὡς κατὰ τοῦτο λέγεσθαι ἐν τῷ Ψαλμῷ τὸ, καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἂν ποιῇ, κατευοδωθήσεται· ἔτι δὲ εἰ κατανοήσειεν ὁποῖον ἐστὶν τὸ