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they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not. And a little after: Do you wish that I bring forward the apostolic sayings, which unforcedly agree with what has been said? Why are you constrained to put on a yoke, which your fathers were not strong enough to bear? Do you see that for this reason it is grace, that it might be according to grace, to the end the promise might be sure. Because they did not continue. For not to continue, and to transgress are the same thing. Therefore, it is one who gives both the new and the old. *I will make a covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, after those days, says the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and on the breast of their heart I will write them. For Moses commanded that the law be read to all, but also every seven years. He says, therefore, that I provide them with such great knowledge of me, that they have no need of reading, but have in their mind the zeal for good things. He nowhere mentions the Gentiles, lest he give them an occasion, just as Christ also says, I was not sent but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. Giving, I will give. Tell me, where has this happened? for the law was also written; since for us there are countless testimonies, a demonstration of the Spirit. Jesus handed down nothing in writing; He will bring to your remembrance all things. Not stone tablets, nor engraved letters, but their mind will become a pillar for the law from him. And upon hearts. For indeed, see: from the tablet it was not possible for all to know, but from the apostles, all, as living pillars, went about the inhabited world, bearing in themselves the letters of God which they had, which not a reed, not ink, but God himself had engraved. See the equal honor of the Father and the Spirit; those tablets were engraved with the finger of God, these with the grace of the Spirit; and those were broken, showing their end from the beginning, and what happened was a type, both that the law would one day cease, and that they would break their yoke. But here there is nothing of the sort, but those tablets remained, having become indestructible by all time. And they shall not teach. What need then of teaching, tell me? to what country do you wish to go, to what sea, to what land? To the barbarian land, to Greece, to cities, to the uninhabited, there you will find the cross, and you will hear countless narratives; and desert, and inhabited world, and mountains, and flat plains cry out of Christ. And a little after: For just as this sun shines not only on the great, but also on the small, so also the sun of righteousness—small, great, slaves, free, 64.984 rulers, ruled, kings, private citizens, infants, elders—has illumined the souls of all with the light of knowledge. For all shall know me. This the washing of regeneration alone grants. Have you seen an exact symbol of the law? but the law not so; Because they all shall know me; for they are not called to labors and sweats, but to forgiveness of their sins, to amnesty for their wrongdoings. For not all who are of Israel, are Israel; nor because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children. Concerning which Israelites then he speaks, listen: Though the number of the children of Israel be, he says, as the sand of the sea, a remnant shall be saved. But the blessed Paul, interpreting it more accurately, says: God has not cast away his people; for I also am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. You have seen the remnant, the apostles, the Israelites from them who received the word, the three thousand, and the five thousand, the multitude mentioned in the Acts. Thus said the Lord. He speaks of his works, that he might make what is said trustworthy. If these laws depart from before me, says the Lord, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for all days. He means the laws of creation; for he is speaking about it; as it is not possible for me, he says, to overturn the boundaries set in creation, so neither the one toward the Jews through

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ἐνέμειναν ἐν τῇ διαθήκῃ μου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἠμέλησα αὐτῶν. Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· Βούλεσθε παραγάγω τὰ ἀποστολικὰ ῥήματα, ἀβιάστως συμφωνοῦντα τοῖς εἰρημένοις; Τί βιάζεσθε ἐπιθεῖναι ζυγὸν, ὃν οὐκ ἴσχυσαν οἱ πατέρες ὑμῶν βαστάσαι; Ὁρᾷς ὅτι διὰ τοῦτο χάρις, ἵνα κατὰ χάριν γένηται εἰς τὸ εἶναι βεβαίαν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν. Ὅτι αὐτοὶ οὐκ ἐνέμειναν. Τὸ γὰρ μὴ ἐμμένειν, καὶ παραβῆναι ταὐτόν. Ἆρα οὖν εἷς ἐστι ὁ τὴν καινὴν καὶ τὴν παλαιὰν διδούς. *∆ιαθήσομαι τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰούδα, μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἐκείνας, φησὶ Κύριος, διδοὺς τοὺς νόμους μου εἰς τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ στήθους τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν γράψω αὐτούς. Ὁ γὰρ Μωσῆς ἐκέλευσε πᾶσιν ἀναγινώσκεσθαι τὸν νόμον, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν. Λέγει τοίνυν, ὅτι Τοσαύτην αὐτοῖς τὴν εἴδησιν παρέχω τὴν ἐμὴν, ὥστε μὴ δεῖσθαι ἀναγνώσεως, ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς διανοίας ἔχειν τὴν περὶ τὰ καλὰ σπουδήν. Οὐδαμοῦ τῶν ἐθνῶν μέμνηται, ἵνα μὴ δῷ πρόφασιν αὐτοῖς, καθὼς καὶ ὁ Χριστός φησιν, Οὐκ ἀπεστάλην εἰ μὴ εἰς τὰ πρόβατα τὰ ἀπολωλότα οἴκου Ἰσραήλ. ∆ιδοὺς δώσω. Εἰπὲ, ποῦ τοῦτο γέγονε; καὶ γὰρ γραπτὸς ὁ νόμος ἦν· ἐπειδὴ ἡμῶν ἡμῖν ἐπίδειξις Πνεύματος μυρίαι μαρτυρίαι. Οὐδὲν ἔγγραφον παρέδωκεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Ἐκεῖνος ὑμᾶς ἀναμνήσει πάντα. Οὐχὶ λίθιναι πλάκες, οὐδὲ γράμματα ἐγκεχαραγμένα, ἀλλ' ἡ διάνοια αὐτῶν στήλη τῷ νόμῳ τῷ παρ' αὐτοῦ γενήσεται. Καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίας. Καὶ γὰρ ὅρα· ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς πλακὸς οὐκ ἦν πάντας εἰδέναι, ἀπὸ δὲ τῶν ἀποστόλων πάντες ἔμψυχοι στῆλαι περιῄεσαν τὴν οἰκουμένην, φέροντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ γράμματα ἅπερ εἶχον, ἃ ἐχάραξεν οὐ κάλαμος, οὐ μέλαν, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς ὁ Θεός. Ὅρα ἰσοτιμίαν Πατρὸς καὶ Πνεύματος· ἐκεῖναι τῷ δακτύλῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ αἱ πλάκες ἐγκεχαραγμέναι, αὗται τῇ χάριτι τοῦ Πνεύματος· κἀκεῖναι μὲν συνετρίβησαν, ἐκ προοιμίων δηλοῦσαι τὸ τέλος, καὶ τύπος τὸ γενόμενον ἦν, καὶ ὅτι λήξει ποτὲ ὁ νόμος, καὶ ὅτι συντρίψουσι τὸν ζυγὸν ἑαυτῶν. Ἐνταῦθα δὲ οὐδὲν τοιοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμειναν αἱ πλάκες ἐκεῖναι, ὑπὸ παντὸς ἀνάλωτοι τοῦ χρόνου γενόμεναι. Καὶ οὐ μὴ διδάξουσι. Τίς οὖν χρεία διδασκαλίας, εἰπέ μοι; εἰς ποίαν χώραν ἀπελθεῖν βούλει, εἰς ποίαν θάλασσαν, εἰς ποίαν γῆν; Εἰς τὴν βάρβαρον, εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα, εἰς πόλεις, εἰς ἄοικον, ἐκεῖ τὸν σταυρὸν εὑρήσεις, καὶ ἀκούσῃ μυρία διηγήματα· καὶ ἔρημος, καὶ οἰκουμένη, καὶ ὄρη, καὶ ὕπτια πεδία τὸν Χριστὸν βοᾷ. Καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· Καθάπερ γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος οὗτος οὐ τοῖς μεγάλοις μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς μικροῖς φαίνει, οὕτω καὶ ὁ ἥλιος τῆς δικαιοσύνης μικρῶν, μεγάλων, δούλων, ἐλευθέρων, 64.984 ἀρχόντων, ἀρχομένων, βασιλέων, ἰδιωτῶν, νηπίων, πρεσβυτῶν, τὰς ἁπάντων κατηύγασε ψυχὰς τῷ φωτὶ τῆς γνώσεως. Ὅτι πάντες εἰδήσουσί με. Τοῦτο τὸ λουτρὸν τῆς παλιγγενεσίας χαρίζεται μόνον. Εἶδες ἀκριβὲς σύμβολον τοῦ νόμου; ὁ δὲ νόμος οὐχ οὕτως· ∆ιότι εἰδήσουσί με πάντες· οὐ γὰρ ἐπὶ πόνους καὶ ἱδρῶτας καλοῦνται, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ συγχώρησιν τῶν πεπλημμελημένων αὐτοῖς, ἐπὶ ἀμνηστίαν τῶν ἡμαρτημένων. Οὐ γὰρ πάντες οἱ ἐξ Ἰσραὴλ, Ἰσραήλ· οὐδ' ὅτι εἰσὶ σπέρμα Ἀβραὰμ, πάντες τέκνα. Περὶ ποίων οὖν λέγει Ἰσραηλιτῶν, ἄκουσον· Ἐὰν ᾖ, φησὶν, ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, τὸ κατάλειμμα σωθήσεται. Ἀκριβέστερον δὲ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος ἑρμηνεύων αὐτὸ, λέγει· Οὐκ ἀπώσατο ὁ Θεὸς τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ· καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ Ἰσραηλίτης εἰμὶ, σπέρματος Ἀβραὰμ, φυλῆς Βενιαμίν. Εἶδες τὸ κατάλειμμα, τοὺς ἀποστόλους, τοὺς ἀπ' αὐτῶν δεξαμένους τὸν λόγον Ἰσραηλίτας, τοὺς τρισχιλίους, καὶ πεντακισχιλίους, τὸ πλῆθος τὸ ἐν ταῖς Πράξεσιν ἐμφερόμενον. Οὕτως εἶπε Κύριος. Λέγει τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ, ἵνα ἀξιόπιστα τὰ λεγόμενα ποιῇ. Ἐὰν παύσωνται οἱ νόμοι οὗτοι ἐκ προσώπου μου, φησὶ Κύριος, καὶ τὸ γένος Ἰσραὴλ παύεται γενέσθαι εἰς ἔθνος κατὰ πρόσωπόν μου πάσας τὰς ἡμέρας. Νόμους τοὺς τῆς κτίσεως λέγει· περὶ γὰρ αὐτῆς διαλέγεται· ὡς οὐκ ἐνδέχεταί με, φησὶ, ἀναστρέψαι τοὺς ἐν τῇ κτίσει τεθέντας ὅρους, οὕτως οὐδὲ τὴν πρὸς Ἰουδαίους διὰ