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each one the passions of shame, being uncovered before all creation. And the lofty eyes (he says) will be brought low. As many as, having raised their own mind on high, saw the one who showed all these things, these, having lofty eyes, by leading their mind above all bodies; then through false opinion and much passion for material things, they could no longer bear to contemplate great things, but becoming wholly given to bodily pleasure, are rightly said to be brought low. 5.168 And the Lord Sabaoth will be exalted in judgment. That is, according to the just retribution upon the aforementioned, the Lord God is exalted in judgment, as one of the things contributing to the glory of God is also the judgment upon the impious which comes from the judge according to the worth of their works; so that also in the judgment is contemplated the height of the wisdom and of the power of the Lord. For just as those who contemplate the wisdom of the arrangement of the heavenly bodies (according to the position and motion and relation which the stars have to one another) understand the majesty of his wisdom (so as to be able to say that, Of his wisdom there is no number), so those who see the reasons of judgment will no less marvel at the wise and intelligent aspect in the judgment, and, down to the smallest details, its rendering to each according to their worth. Perhaps, then, by each good deed we exalt God, so that he is exalted in our temperance and he is exalted in our righteousness. But since these things are achieved through the cooperation of God, when, having taken us up, he sets us upright, supporting us with the cooperation from himself, and strengthening us, then we say: I will exalt you, O Lord, because you have taken me up. But the exaltations of God are many: both according to knowledge and understanding; and according to the exposition of his majesties and according to the contemplation of his judgments. Wherefore it is said of the righteous man, that The exaltations of God are in his throat. Then, since vigor in action is joined with correctness in contemplation, And two-edged swords (he says) are in their hands, that is, words cutting out and uprooting the passions of the soul. And since the Lord Sabaoth is called the Lord of hosts, then the hosts, who minister to him at the time of judgment, will exalt and glorify him for the just and incalculable judgment. And we suppose something of this kind, that when the Lord is judged with men (For the Lord himself will come into judgment with the people), the Lord alone will be exalted, no one being justified before him. For who, being examined together with the benefactions from him who created us and the many various dispensations which reach in common to the whole race of men, will be able to give back things equal and worthy of what has come to him from the gift of the Lord? Wherefore the Saints are at a loss, saying, What shall I render to the Lord for all that he has rendered to me? 5.169 And God the holy one will be glorified in righteousness. It follows upon being exalted in judgment that the Holy One is glorified in righteousness. Those who have contemplated him being exalted in his judgments, these comprehend the glory of his righteousness. And the plundered shall be fed like bulls, and lambs shall eat the deserted places of those who have been carried off. The people who become captive for not knowing the Lord and for sinning in drunkenness, will be fed in the manner of a herd of cattle. And these same are the ones who were plundered, at the time of their being taken captive. And it is clear that, whenever we are defeated in the war by opposing energies, being taken captive by them, we are plundered like spoils after the victory. And being plundered, we no longer take the things proper to rational beings for our own food, but being carried along by irrational movements (as it may happen), we will live in the manner of bulls in the wilderness of this life. And for this reason he did not say of oxen, but of bulls; because oxen herd together with one another, but bulls, because of their spirited nature, are wrathful toward one another,

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ἕκαστον τὰ πάθη τῆς αἰσχύνης, ἐπὶ τῆς κτίσεως πάσης ἀνακαλυπτόμενα. Καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ (φησὶν) οἱ μετέωροι ταπεινωθήσονται. Ὅσοι ἐπάραντες εἰς ὕψος ἑαυτῶν τὴν διάνοιαν, εἶδον τὸν καταδεί ξαντα ταῦτα πάντα, οὗτοι ἔχοντες μετεώρους τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς, τῷ ὑπεράνω πάντων σωμάτων ἀγαγεῖν τὴν διάνοιαν· εἶτα διὰ ψευδοδοξίας καὶ τῆς πολλῆς περὶ τὰ ὑλικὰ προσπαθείας, οὐ δὲν ἔτι τῶν μεγάλων θεωρεῖν ἠνέσχοντο, ἀλλ' ὅλοι γινόμενοι τῆς σωματικῆς ἀπολαύσεως, ταπεινοῦσθαι δικαίως λέγονται. 5.168 Καὶ ὑψωθήσεται Κύριος Σαβαὼθ ἐν κρίματι. Τουτέστι κατὰ τὴν δικαίαν ἐπὶ τῶν προειρημένων ἀνταπό δοσιν, ὑψοῦται Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἐν κρίματι, ὡς ἓν τῶν εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ συντεινόντων εἶναι καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῖς ἀσεβέσι κρίμα κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν τῶν ἔργων ἐγγινόμενον παρὰ τοῦ κριτοῦ· ὥστε καὶ ἐν τῇ κρίσει θεωρεῖσθαι τὸ ὕψος τῆς συνέσεως καὶ τῆς δυνάμεως τοῦ Κυρίου. Ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ θεωροῦντες τὴν σοφίαν τῆς διατάξεως τῶν οὐρανίων (κατὰ τὴν τῶν ἀστέρων θέσιν καὶ φορὰν καὶ σχέσιν, ἣν ἔχουσι πρὸς ἀλλήλους) τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ τὸ μεγαλεῖον νοοῦσιν (ὥστε ἂν δύνασθαι εἰπεῖν, ὅτι Τῆς συνέσεως αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀριθμός) οὕτως οἱ βλέποντες τοὺς τῆς κρίσεως λόγους, οὐχ ἧττον θαυμάσονται τὸ ἐν τῇ κρίσει σοφὸν καὶ συνετὸν, καὶ μέχρι τῶν λεπτοτάτων, ἀνταποδοτικὸν ἑκάστῳ τοῦ πρὸς ἀξίαν. Τάχα οὖν καθ' ἕκαστον κατόρθωμα ὑψοῦμεν τὸν Θεόν, ὥστε ὑψοῦσθαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ σωφροσύνῃ ἡμῶν καὶ ὑψοῦσθαι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ ἡμῶν. Ταῦτα δὲ ἐπειδὴ διὰ τῆς συνεργίας τοῦ Θεοῦ κατορθοῦται, ὅταν ὑπολαβὼν ἡμᾶς ἀνορθώσῃ, ὑπερείδων ἡμᾶς τῇ συνεργίᾳ τῇ παρ' ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ στηρίζων, τότε λέγομεν· Ὑψώσω σε, Κύριε, ὅτι ὑπέλαβές με. Πολλαὶ δὲ αἱ ὑψώσεις τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἥ τε κατὰ γνῶσιν καὶ σύνεσιν· καὶ ἡ κατὰ τὴν διέξοδον τῶν μεγαλείων αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὴν τῶν κριμάτων αὐτοῦ θεωρίαν. ∆ιὸ εἴρηται περὶ τοῦ δικαίου, ὅτι Αἱ ὑψώσεις τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν τῷ λάρυγγι αὐτοῦ. Εἶτα, ἐπειδὴ τῇ κατὰ θεωρίαν ὀρθότητι τὸ ἐν τῇ πράξει εὔτονον συντέτακται, Καὶ ῥομφαῖαι δίστο μοι (φησὶν) ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν, τουτέστι λόγοι ἐκτέ μνοντες τῆς ψυχῆς καὶ ἐκριζοῦντες τὰ πάθη. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὁ Κύριος Σαβαὼθ Κύριος λέγεται τῶν στρατιῶν, τότε αἱ στρατιαὶ, αἱ λειτουργοῦσαι αὐτῷ κατὰ τὸν τῆς κρίσεως και ρὸν, ὑψώσουσι καὶ δοξάσουσιν ἐπὶ τῷ δικαίῳ καὶ ἀπαρα λογίστῳ κρίματι. Τοιοῦτον δέ τι ὑπονοοῦμεν, ὅτι κρινομέ νου τοῦ Κυρίου μετὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων (Αὐτὸς γὰρ Κύριος ἥξει εἰς κρίσιν μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ) μόνος ὁ Κύριος ὑψωθήσεται, οὐδενὸς δικαιουμένου κατενώπιον αὐτοῦ. Τίς γὰρ ὁ συνεξ εταζόμενος ταῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ κτίσαντος ἡμᾶς εὐεργεσίαις καὶ ποικίλαις ὅσαις οἰκονομίαις φθανούσαις κοινῶς ἐπὶ πᾶν τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος, ἀποδοῦναι τὰ ἴσα καὶ ἄξια τῶν εἰς αὐτὸν ἐφθακότων ἀπὸ τῆς δωρεᾶς τοῦ Κυρίου δυνήσεται; ∆ιόπερ ἀποροῦσιν οἱ Ἅγιοι, Τί ἀνταποδώσω τῷ Κυρίῳ (λέγοντες) περὶ πάντων ὧν ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι; 5.169 Καὶ ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἅγιος δοξασθήσεται ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ. Ἀκολουθεῖ τῷ ὑψωθῆναι ἐν κρίματι τὸ δοξασθῆναι τὸν Ἅγιον ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ. Οἱ τεθεωρηκότες αὐτὸν ὑψούμενον ἐν τοῖς κρίμασιν, οὗτοι καταλαμβάνουσι τὴν δόξαν τῆς δικαιο σύνης αὐτοῦ. Καὶ βοσκηθήσονται οἱ διηρπασμένοι ὡς ταῦ ροι, καὶ τὰς ἐρήμους τῶν ἀπειλημμένων ἄρνες φάγονται. Ὁ γινόμενος αἰχμάλωτος λαὸς διὰ τὸ μὴ εἰδέναι τὸν Κύριον καὶ τῷ περὶ τὸ μέθυσμα ἡμαρτηκέναι, τρόπον βουκολίου βοσκηθήσεται. Οἱ δὲ αὐτοὶ οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ διηρπασμένοι, κατὰ τὸν τοῦ αἰχμαλωτίζεσθαι αὐτοὺς καιρόν. ∆ῆλον δὲ ὅτι, ἐπειδὰν ἡττηθῶμεν ἐν τῷ πολέμῳ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντικειμένων ἐνεργειῶν, αἰχμαλωτιζόμενοι ὑπ' αὐτῶν, ὥσπερ λάφυρα μετὰ τὴν νίκην διαρπαζόμεθα. ∆ιαρπασθέντες δὲ, οὐκέτι τὰ τῶν λογικῶν ἴδια εἰς τροφὴν τὴν ἑαυτῶν παραλαμβάνομεν, ἀλλ' ὑπὸ ἀλόγων κινημάτων (ὡς ἔτυχε) φερόμενοι, τρόπον ταύρων ἐν τῇ ἐρημίᾳ τοῦ βίου τούτου διάξομεν. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ εἶπε βοῶν, ἀλλὰ ταύρων· ὅτι αἱ μὲν βόες ἀλλήλαις, συναγελάζονται, οἱ ταῦροι δὲ διὰ τὸ θυμοειδὲς ὀργίλως ἔχοντες πρὸς ἀλλήλους,