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myself and the Father and I poured out richly my All-Holy Spirit upon all flesh indeed, and I revealed my name to all men, and by my works, that I am creator and maker, I have shown and now show all things, which had to be done, amen.

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That to each of men God has given suitably and for his benefit the gift through the Holy Spirit for working, not as he himself wills, but as he was predestined by Him, so that there might not be a vacant place in the midst of his church. (393)

What could the poet's creation ever know by itself? For of the knowledge which it received, an account would surely be required, and of action and operation, justly and fittingly. For a mattock, a sickle, a knife and a saw, an axe, a staff, a spear, a sword and a bow, an arrow and all the other tools in life, each possesses its own function, but not having received it from itself, but entirely from us. For the artisan skillfully makes each tool to operate for whatever purpose he might wish. Therefore it is not possible to reap cornfields with a mattock, nor to do carpentry with a sickle, nor to build with a knife, not to dig with a saw, not to sew with an axe, not to cut wood with a staff, and it is not right to saw with a spear, nor to sling with a sword, not to cut with the bow, but one must use each for its purpose appropriately. But if you use these things not for what they were made for, but otherwise, your life is ruined and every action entirely. Thus, therefore, understand that God has also made each faithful one to be active with works in this life, (394) appointing some to teach, others in every way to learn, others to rule the many, and others to submit to them; and to some he has given wisdom, to others knowledge and reason, to others to prophesy, to others to speak in tongues, to others to work miracles and to perform mighty deeds; others he has appointed as leaders. And these things are spiritual, but let us also speak of other gifts of the creator, which he has given to men, to each according to his worth: one he made brave in body, another more beautiful, and another more melodious than others,

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ἐμαυτόν καί τόν Πατέρα καί ἐξέχεα πλουσίως τό Πανάγιόν μου Πνεῦμα ἐπί πᾶσαν ὄντως σάρκα, καί τό ὄνομά μου πᾶσιν ἀπεκάλυψα ἀνθρώποις, καί τοῖς ἔργοις, ὅτι κτίστης καί δημιουργός ὑπάρχω, ἔδειξα καί νῦν δεικνύω πάντα, ἅ ποιῆσαι ἔδει, ἀμήν.

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Ὅτι ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων δέδωκεν ὁ Θεός προσφυῶς καί πρός τό συμφέρον τό χάρισμα διά Πνεύματος Ἁγίου εἰς τό ἐνεργεῖν, οὐχ ὥσπερ αὐτός θέλει, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ προωρίσθη, εἰς τό μή κενόν εἶναι μέσον τῆς ἐκκλησίας αὐτοῦ. (393)

Τό ποίημα τοῦ ποιητοῦ τί ποτ᾿ ἄν γνοίη δίχα; Τήν γνῶσιν γάρ, ἥν ἔλαβε, πάντως ἀπαιτηθείη, πρᾶξίν τε καί ἐνέργειαν δικαίως καί πρεπόντως, καί γάρ σκαπάνη, δρέπανον, μάχαιρά τε καί πρίων, ἀξίνη, ῥάβδος, λόγχη τε, φάσγανόν τε καί τόξον, βέλος καί πάντα τά λοιπά ἐργαλεῖα ἐν βίῳ, ἕκαστον τήν ἐνέργειαν κέκτηται τήν ἰδίαν, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἀφ᾿ ἑαυτοῦ λαβόν, ἐξ ἡμῶν δέ γε πάντως. Ὁ γάρ τεχνίτης ἕκαστον, πρός ὅπερ ἄν ἐθέλοι, κατασκευάζει ἐνεργεῖν ἐργαλεῖον ἐντέχνως. ∆ιό θερίζειν λήϊα οὐκ ἔξεστι σκαπάνη, οὐδέ δρεπάνῳ τεκτονεῖν, οὐδ᾿ ἐν μαχαίρᾳ κτίζειν, οὐ σκάπτειν μετά πρίονος, οὐ ῥάπτειν τῇ ἀξίνῃ, οὐ τέμνειν ξύλα ῥάβδῳ γε, λόγχῃ δ᾿ οὐ πρίζειν θέμις, οὐδέ φασγάνῳ σφενδονεῖν, οὐκ ἐν τῷ τόξῳ τέμνειν, ἀλλ᾿ ἁρμοζόντως ἑκάστῳ χρή πρός ἕκαστον χρᾶσθαι. Εἰ δ᾿ οὐ πρός ἅ γεγόνασιν, ἀλλ᾿ ἄλλως χρήσῃ τούτοις, ἀπόλωλεν ὁ βίος σοι καί πᾶσα πρᾶξις πάντως. Οὕτως οὖν μοι νόει καί Θεόν ἡμᾶς πεποιηκέναι ἐν ἔργοις ἕκαστον πιστόν ἐνεργεῖν ἐν τῷ βίῳ, (394) τούς μέν διδάσκειν θέμενος, τούς δέ πάντως μανθάνειν, ἄλλους τοῦ ἄρχειν τῶν πολλῶν, τούς δέ ὑπείκειν τούτοις˙ καί οἷς μέν σοφίαν δέδωκεν, οἷς δέ γνῶσιν καί λόγον, τό προφητεύειν ἄλλοις δέ, τό λαλεῖν γλώσσαις ἄλλοις, θαυματουργεῖν ἑτέροις δέ καί ἐνεργεῖν δυνάμεις˙ ἄλλους προστάτας ἔδειξε. Πνευματικά δέ ταῦτα, ἀλλ᾿ εἴπωμεν καί ἕτερα χαρίσματα τοῦ κτίστου, ἅ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις δέδωκεν, ἑκάστῳ κατ᾿ ἀξίαν˙ τόν μέν ἀνδρεῖον σώματι, τόν δέ ὡραῖον μᾶλλον πεποίηκε καί ἕτερον εὐφωνότερον ἄλλων,