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a man makes gods for himself, and these are not gods? Therefore, behold, I will show them my hand in this time, and I will make known to them also my power, and they will know that I am the Lord.” 5.30.2 Lord prays to another Lord, that is, to the Father and God of all things, in which, beginning, he says: “O Lord, my strength,” and what follows. And it clearly prophesies the conversion of the gentiles from their manifold idolatry to piety toward God. And this prophecy is shown to be most clearly fulfilled after the advent among men of our Savior Jesus Christ. 5.30.3 But since we have learned through thirty whole prophetic chapters that there is a second God after the highest God over all, our Savior and Lord, the Word of God, we shall pass on to another subject of his economy, demonstrating from the same sacred books of the Hebrews that this very God must come among men. 6.Pin.t These things are contained in the sixth book of the evangelical demonstration of our Savior. 6.Pin.1 Concerning his visitation among men from the Scriptures noted below. 1. From Psalm 17. 2. From Psalm 40. 3. From Psalm 49. 4. From Psalm 83. 5. From Psalm 5. . From Psalm 7. 7. From Psalm 100. 8. From Psalm 117. 9. From Psalm 143. 10. From Psalm 147. 11. From the second of Kings. 12. From the third of Kings. 13. From Micah. 14. From Habakkuk. 15. From the same. 10. From Zechariah. 17. From the same. 18. From the same. 19. From Baruch. 20. From Isaiah. 21. From the same. 22. From the same. 23. From the same. 24. From the same. 25. From the same. Volume . Since the doctrine concerning the Father and the Son has been clearly defined in the fifth book of the Evangelical Demonstration, and it has been agreed that there is one God over all, and a second substance after him has been demonstrated, which is the leader of all created things, which the divine oracles proclaimed to be the firstborn wisdom of God, and the only-begotten Son, and God from God, and the angel of great counsel, and the ruler of the heavenly hosts, and the minister of the Father, yea, and Lord of all things, and the Word of God and the power of God, if at present the prophetic testimonies should appear, which proclaim beforehand that God is about to come among men, it is clear to anyone to whom the reference of the thing signified should be made, especially since previously the God Word, in the form and shape of a man, appeared to the God-beloved ones around Abraham under the name of Lord and God, having made visions to men. 6.Prooem.2 Come then, let us see how the oracles of the Hebrews so clearly revealed beforehand that sometimes a Lord, and sometimes a God would descend to men and again ascend, and the reasons for the descent. But note that some things are said through riddles, and some more plainly. 6.Prooem.3 I think, therefore, that the things said obscurely were delivered in a veiled manner for the sake of those of the circumcision, because of the grim things prophesied against them; for which reason it was likely that they would have even destroyed the scripture, if it had openly signified their final rejection. Thus at least the story holds that they plotted against the prophets themselves, because of the rebukes they made against them. 6.Prooem.4 But the clear prophecies most brightly contain the calling of the gentiles, announcing the promises of good things according to piety not to the nation of the Jews, but to all men throughout the whole world. Since these things are so, it is now time to listen to the divine oracles. 6.1.1 From Psalm 17. “And he bowed the heavens and came down, and darkness was under his feet. And he mounted upon the Cherubim and flew, he flew upon the wings of the winds. And he made darkness his hiding place, around him his tabernacle.” 6.1.2 I think that through these words the descent of God from heaven is directly represented; for having first uttered many theologies, he adds what is set forth. And in saying that he bows the heaven and

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αὐτῷ ἄνθρωπος θεούς, καὶ οὗτοι οὐκ εἰσὶν θεοί; διὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ δηλώσω αὐτοῖς ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τούτῳ τὴν χεῖρά μου, καὶ γνωριῶ αὐτοῖς καὶ τὴν δύναμίν μου, καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος.» 5.30.2 Κύριος ἑτέρῳ εὔχεται κυρίῳ, τῷ πατρὶ δηλαδὴ καὶ θεῷ τῶν ὅλων, ἐν οἷς ἀρχόμενός φησιν· «κύριε, ἰσχύς μου», καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. σαφῶς δὲ τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐκ τῆς πολυπλανοῦς εἰδωλολατρίας ἐπὶ τὴν εἰς τὸν θεὸν εὐσέβειαν μεταβολὴν θεσπίζει. καὶ αὕτη δὲ ἡ προφητεία μετὰ τὴν εἰς ἀνθρώπους τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίαν ἐναργέστατα δείκνυται πεπληρωμένη. 5.30.3 Ἀλλὰ γὰρ δι' ὅλων τριάκοντα προφητικῶν κεφαλαίων δεύτερον θεὸν μετὰ τὸν ἀνωτάτω καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσι, τὸν σωτῆρα καὶ κύριον ἡμῶν τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγον, εἶναι μεμαθηκότες, ἐφ' ἑτέραν τῆς κατ' αὐτὸν οἰκονομίας ὑπόθεσιν μεταβησόμεθα, αὐτὸν δὴ τοῦτον θεὸν εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἐλεύσεσθαι δεῖν ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν παρὰ Ἑβραίοις ἱερῶν βίβλων συστήσοντες. 6.Pin.t Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ ἕκτῳ συγγράμματι τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν εὐαγγελικῆς ἀποδείξεως. 6.Pin.1 Περὶ τῆς εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἐπιδημίας αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν ὑποσεσημειωμένων γραφῶν. αʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ ιζʹ. βʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ μʹ. γʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ μθʹ. δʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ πγʹ. εʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ εʹ. ʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ ζʹ. ζʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ ρʹ. ηʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ ριζʹ. θʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ ρμγʹ. ιʹ. Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ ρμζʹ. ιαʹ. Ἀπὸ τῶν Βασιλειῶν βʹ. ιβʹ. Ἀπὸ τῶν Βασιλειῶν γʹ. ιγʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ Μιχαίου. ιδʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἀμβακούμ. ιεʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ιʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ Ζαχαρίου. ιζʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ιηʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. ιθʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ Βαρούχ. κʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἡσαΐου. καʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. κβʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. κγʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. κδʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. κεʹ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. τόμος ʹ. Σαφῶς ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ συγγράμματι τῆς Εὐαγγελικῆς Ἀποδείξεως ὡρισμένου τοῦ περὶ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ λόγου, καὶ θεοῦ μὲν ἑνὸς τοῦ ἐπὶ πάντων ὡμολογημένου, δευτέρας δὲ μετ' αὐτὸν ἀποδειχθείσης οὐσίας ἡγουμένης τῶν γενητῶν ἁπάντων ἣν σοφίαν θεοῦ πρωτότοκον, μονογενῆ τε υἱόν, καὶ θεὸν ἐκ θεοῦ, μεγάλης τε βουλῆς ἄγγελον, καὶ τῶν κατ' οὐρανὸν στρατιῶν ἄρχοντα, καὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὑπουργόν, ναὶ μὴν καὶ κύριον τῶν ὅλων, καὶ θεοῦ λόγον καὶ θεοῦ δύναμιν, οἱ θεῖοι προηγόρευον λόγοι, εἰ φανεῖεν ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος αἱ προφητικαὶ μαρτυρίαι θεὸν εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἀφίξεσθαι μέλλοντα προαναφωνοῦσαι, παντί τῳ δῆλον, ἐπὶ τίνα χρὴ τὴν ἀναφορὰν τοῦ σημαινομένου ποιεῖσθαι, ὅτε μάλιστα διὰ τῶν πρόσθεν ἐν ἀνθρώπου μορφῇ καὶ σχήματι τοῖς ἀμφὶ τὸν Ἀβραὰμ θεοφιλέσιν ὁ θεὸς λόγος ἐπ' ὀνόματος κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ πέφηνεν τὰς εἰς ἀνθρώπους ὀπτασίας πεποιημένος. 6.Prooem.2 φέρε οὖν ἴδωμεν ὅπως ποτὲ μὲν κύριον, ποτὲ δὲ θεὸν καταβήσεσθαι εἰς ἀνθρώπους καὶ πάλιν ἀναβήσεσθαι ἐναργῶς οὕτως προαναφανεῖ τὰ παρ' Ἑβραίοις λόγια, καὶ τάς γε αἰτίας τῆς καθόδου. σημείωσαι δ' ὡς τινὰ μὲν εἴρηται δι' αἰνιγμάτων, τινὰ δὲ φανερώτερον. 6.Prooem.3 τὰ μὲν οὖν δι' ἐπικρύψεως ἡγοῦμαι τῶν ἐκ περιτομῆς ἕνεκα κεκαλυμμένως ἀποδεδόσθαι, διὰ τὰ θεσπιζόμενα κατ' αὐτῶν σκυθρωπά· δι' ἅπερ εἰκὸς ἦν καὶ ἀφανίσαι ἂν αὐτοὺς τὴν γραφήν, εἰ ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς τὴν ἐσχάτην αὐτῶν ἀποβολὴν ἐσήμαινεν. οὕτως γοῦν καὶ τοῖς προφήταις αὐτοῖς ἐπιβουλεῦσαι αὐτοὺς κατέχει λόγος, δι' οὓς ἐποιοῦντο κατ' αὐτῶν ἐλέγχους. 6.Prooem.4 αἱ δὲ σαφεῖς προφητεῖαι τὴν τῶν ἐθνῶν κλῆσιν λευκότατα περιέχουσι, τῶν κατ' εὐσέβειαν ἀγαθῶν τὰς ἐπαγγελίας οὐ τῷ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνει πᾶσι δὲ ἀνθρώποις τοῖς καθ' ὅλης τῆς οἰκουμένης καταγγέλλουσαι. ὧν οὕτως ἐχόντων καιρὸς ἤδη καὶ τῶν θείων ἐπακοῦσαι λογίων. 6.1.1 Ἀπὸ Ψαλμοῦ ιζʹ. «Καὶ ἔκλινεν οὐρανοὺς καὶ κατέβη, καὶ γνόφος ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐπέβη ἐπὶ Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἐπετάσθη, ἐπετάσθη ἐπὶ πτερύγων ἀνέμων. καὶ ἔθετο σκότος ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτοῦ, κύκλῳ αὐτοῦ ἡ σκηνὴ αὐτοῦ.» 6.1.2 Ἡγοῦμαι διὰ τούτων ἄντικρυς θεοῦ κάθοδον οὐρανόθεν παρίστασθαι· προειπὼν γὰρ πολλὰς θεολογίας, ἐπιλέγει τὰ ἐκκείμενα. τῷ δὲ λέγειν κλίνειν αὐτὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ