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of his belly shall flow living water. But this he said concerning the Spirit, which they that believe in him were to receive." And again: "But whoever drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst. But the water that I will give him shall become in him a spring of water leaping up to eternal life." The springs of salvation, therefore, are either the holy apostles, or spiritual words rained down from the Holy Spirit. And the prophetic words, were called springs of Israel, as David says: "In the congregations bless God the Lord from the springs of Israel." But if the idolatrous people is accused, [because] "they have forsaken Me, the spring of living water;" it is clear that he who believes, and is watered with the divine doctrines, draws water with gladness from the springs of salvation, from which the Egyptians are prophesied to drink, and those who ministered this saving drink to them. But the gladness of those who drink this is represented by, "My soul thirsted for God, the strong, the living;" for as much as one thirsts, so much does he rejoice in drinking. And he draws water with gladness who meditates on the law of the Lord day and night. "For the mouth of the righteous will meditate on wisdom." For by seeking rightly, understanding the spiritual will of Scripture, he will draw water with gladness, and will find the Word of God, the living water, who revealed the apostles through the spirit, pouring it forth to all who are ignorant. Concerning whom David says: "The springs of the waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered." For Christ is the chosen stone for the foundations of Zion, said to be placed by the Father, that is, of the Church. For on him through faith we are built a spiritual house, into a holy temple, into a dwelling place of God in the spirit. And the stones after him, that is, the foundations of the world, are those who through the preaching uphold us in the stability of faith and truth. It should be noted that the present discourse mentions Jesus our Savior, according to the Hebrew tongue, instead of Savior, always containing the name Jesus. In "Behold God my Savior." And in "he has become my salvation." And in "from the springs of salvation." For it was fitting for the prophecy concerning the one from the root of Jesse to bear the name of the Savior Jesus. For he was the one prophesied. Upon these things he addresses the evangelists, what they must say to those discipled from 2065 Egypt, saying, "Hymn the Lord; cry out His name." Having told them to command these things to others, when they themselves are filled with the spiritual drink. But the cry is a voice having a magnitude able to reach even those far off. Cry out, therefore, instead of, "Do not think small things concerning God;" but theologize about him with a great mind, so that the word may be heard even by those far from salvation, because of the clarity of the teaching. Which he indicates through the following, saying, "Proclaim among the nations His glorious deeds. Tell of His wonders." That is, show to the foolish the order concerning the world, so that they may be brought to the love of the Creator. And he says the high things are as many as he has made in heaven and on earth, both intelligible and perceptible. Or concerning the goodness in us, that he exalts the humble and the contrite in heart. For those humbled by their own sin he has highly exalted in glory. But some say that the one who has just been initiated speaks the preceding things, who, having drawn from the springs of salvation, has so advanced as to show an apostolic ministry to others, also saying to hymn the Lord. But to whom he commands to cry out, he brought forth, saying: "Proclaim among the nations His glorious deeds." For how is it not glorious: the re-creation of the human race, the demolition of demonic tyranny, the freedom of captives, the recovery of sight for the blind, justification, sanctification, the adoption of those formerly exiled from God, the knowledge of God, the dead being raised, lepers being cleansed? Those in sicknesses were strengthened; demons were driven out; he calmed the raging sea; in which things you rejoice, he says, you who dwell in Zion, who have a firm faith in the Church. For Zion is the evangelical

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αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσιν ὕδατος ζῶντος. Τοῦτο δὲ ἔλεγεν περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος, οὗ ἤμελλον λαμβάνειν οἱ πιστεύοντες εἰς αὐτόν." Καὶ πάλιν· "Ὃς δ' ἂν πίῃ ἐκ τοῦ ὕδατος οὗ ἐγὼ δώσω αὐτῷ, οὐ μὴ διψήσει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Ἀλλὰ τὸ ὕδωρ, ὃ ἐγὼ δώσω αὐτῷ, γενήσεται ἐν αὐτῷ πηγὴ ὕδατος ἁλλομένου εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον." Πηγαὶ τοίνυν σωτηρίου, ἢ οἱ ἅγιοι ἀπόστολοι· ἢ λόγοι πνευματικοὶ ἐξ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἀνομβρωμένοι. Καὶ οἱ προφητικοὶ δὲ λόγοι, πηγαὶ ὠνομάζοντο Ἰσραὴλ, λέγοντος τοῦ ∆αβίδ· "Ἐν Ἐκκλησίαις εὐλογεῖτε τὸν Θεὸν Κύριον ἐκ πηγῶν Ἰσραήλ." Εἰ δὲ ὁ εἰδωλολατρήσας ἐγκαλεῖται λαὸς, τὸ Ἐμὲ ἐγκατέλιπεν πηγὴν ὕδατος ζῶντος· δῆλον, ὡς ὁ πιστεύων, καὶ τοῖς θείοις ποτιζόμενος δόγμασιν, ἀντλεῖ ὕδωρ μετ' εὐφροσύνης ἐκ τῶν πηγῶν τοῦ σωτηρίου, ἀφ' ὧν Αἰγύπτιοι πίεσθαι προφητεύονται, καὶ οἱ τούτοις τὸ σωτήριον ποτὸν διακονήσαντες. Τὴν δὲ τῶν τοῦτο πινόντων εὐφροσύνην παρίστησιν τὸ, "Ἐδίψησεν ἡ ψυχή μου πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ἰσχυρὸν τὸν ζῶντα·" ὅσον γάρ τις διψᾷ, τοσοῦτον πίνων εὐφραίνεται. Ἀντλεῖ δὲ ὕδωρ μετ' εὐφροσύνης ὁ τὸν νόμον τοῦ Κυρίου μελετῶν ἡμέρας τε καὶ νυκτός. "Στόμα γὰρ δικαίου μελετήσει σοφίαν." ∆ιὰ τοῦ γὰρ ζητεῖν ὀρθῶς, τὸ πνευματικὸν βούλημα συνιεὶς τῆς Γραφῆς, ἀντλήσει ὕδωρ μετ' εὐφροσύνης, τόν τε τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγον τὸ ζῶν ὕδωρ εὑρήσει, ὃς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἀνέδειξε διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος πᾶσιν αὐτὸν τοῖς ἀγνοοῦσι πηγάζοντας. Περὶ ὧν φησιν ὁ ∆αβίδ· "Ὤφθησαν αἱ πηγαὶ τῶν ὑδάτων, καὶ ἀνεκαλύφθη τὰ θεμέλια τῆς οἰκουμένης." Λίθος μὲν γὰρ ἐκλεκτὸς ὁ Χριστὸς εἰς τὰ θεμέλια Σιὼν, παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς τεθεῖσθαι λεγόμενος, τοῦτ' ἔστι τῆς Ἐκκλησίας. Αὐτῷ γὰρ διὰ πίστεως οἰκοδομούμεθα οἶκος πνευματικὸς, εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον, εἰς κατοικητήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν πνεύματι. Λίθοι δὲ μετ' αὐτὸν, ἤτοι θεμέλια τῆς οἰκουμένης, οἱ διὰ τοῦ κηρύγματος ἀνέχοντες ἡμᾶς πρὸς ἑδραιότητα τὴν ἐν πίστει καὶ ἀληθείᾳ. Σημειωτέον δὲ ὡς Ἰησοῦ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ὁ παρὼν μέμνηται λόγος, κατὰ τὴν τῶν Ἑβραίων φωνὴν, ἀντὶ τοῦ Σωτὴρ, ἀεὶ τὸ Ἰησοῦ περιέχουσα. Ἐν τῷ, Ἰδοὺ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ Σωτήρ μου. Καὶ ἐν τῷ, ἐγένετό μοι εἰς σωτηρίαν. Καὶ ἐν τῷ, ἐκ τῶν πηγῶν τοῦ σωτηρίου. Ἔπρεπε γὰρ τῇ περὶ τοῦ ἐκ ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ προφητείᾳ, τοῦ Σωτῆρος Ἰησοῦ τὴν προσηγορίαν ἐπενέγκαι. Αὐτὸς γὰρ ἦν ὁ προφητευόμενος. Ἐπὶ τούτοις προσφωνεῖ τοῖς εὐαγγελισταῖς, ἃ δεῖ τοῖς ἐξ 2065 Αἰγύπτου μαθητευομένοις ἐρεῖν, Ὑμνεῖτε, λέγων, Κύριον· βοᾶτε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ. Τοῖς ἄλλοις ταῦτα παραγγέλλειν εἰπὼν, ὅταν ἐμπλησθῶσιν αὐτοὶ τοῦ πνευματικοῦ πόματος. Ἡ δὲ βοὴ, φωνή ἐστι μέγεθος ἔχουσα δυνάμενον διϊκνεῖσθαι καὶ πρὸς τοὺς πόῤῥω. Βοᾶτε οὖν ἀντὶ τοῦ, μὴ μικρὰ φρονεῖτε περὶ Θεοῦ· μεγάλῃ δὲ θεολογεῖτε διανοίᾳ περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὡς καὶ τοῖς μακρὰν τῆς σωτηρίας ἐξάκουστον γενέσθαι τὸν λόγον, διὰ τὸ τῆς διδασκαλίας τρανόν. Ὃ δηλοῖ διὰ τῶν ἑξῆς, Ἀναγγείλατε, λέγων, ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν τὰ ἔνδοξα αὐτοῦ. Εἴπατε αὐτοῦ τὰ θαυμάσια. Τοῦτ' ἔστι, δείξατε τοῖς ἀνοήτοις τὴν περὶ τὸν κόσμον διάταξιν, ἵνα προσαχθῶσι τῇ ἀγάπῃ τοῦ Κτίσαντος. Ὑψηλὰ δέ φησιν ὅσα πεποίηκεν ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐν γῇ, νοητά τε καὶ αἰσθητά. Ἢ περὶ τῆς ἐν ἡμῖν χρηστότητος ὅτι ὑψοῖ τοὺς τεταπεινωμένους καὶ συντετριμμένους τὴν καρδίαν. Ταπεινωθέντας γὰρ τῇ ἁμαρτίᾳ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ὑπερύψωσε δόξῃ. Τὰ δὲ προκείμενα λέγειν φασί τινες τὸν ἀρτίως μυσταγωγούμενον, ὃς τῶν τοῦ σωτηρίου πηγῶν ἀρυσάμενος, τοσοῦτον ἐπέδωκεν, ὡς ἀποστολικὴν ἐνδείκνυσθαι λειτουργίαν τοῖς ἄλλοις, ὑμνεῖν τε λέγοντα Κύριον. Τίσι δὲ προστάττει βοᾷν, ἐπήνεγκε λέγων· Ἀναγγείλατε ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὰ ἔνδοξα αὐτοῦ. Πῶς γὰρ οὐκ ἔνδοξος γένους ἀνθρώπων ἀνάπλασις, δαιμονικῆς τυραννίδος καθαίρεσις, αἰχμαλώτων ἐλευθερία, τυφλῶν ἀνάβλεψις, δικαίωσις, ἁγιασμὸς, υἱοθεσία τῶν πρὶν φυγάδων ἀπὸ Θεοῦ, γνῶσις Θεοῦ, νεκροὶ ἀνιστάμενοι, λεπροὶ καθαιρόμενοι; Οἱ ἐν ἀσθενείαις ἐῤῥώννυντο· ἠλαύνοντο δαίμονες· φλεγμαίνουσαν ἀπηύνασε θάλατταν· ἐφ' οἷς ἀγαλλιᾶσθε, φησὶν, τοῖς κατοικοῦσι Σιὼν τοῖς ἐν Ἐκκλησίᾳ βεβαίαν ἔχουσι πίστιν. Σιὼν γὰρ ὁ εὐαγγελικὸς