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| Chapter XIV.—The Lord hath given us the testament which Moses received and broke.
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Chapter XIV.—The Lord hath given us
the testament which Moses received and broke.
Yes [it is even so]; but let us
inquire if the Lord has really given that testament which He swore to the
fathers that He would give1641
| 1641 Cod. Sin. absurdly repeats “to give.”
| to the people. He did give it; but they were not worthy to
receive it, on account of their sins. For the prophet declares,
“And Moses was fasting forty days and forty nights on Mount Sinai,
that he might receive the testament of the Lord for the
people.”1642
And he received from the
Lord1643
two tables, written in the spirit by the
finger of the hand of the Lord. And Moses having received them, carried
them down to give to the people. And the Lord said to Moses,
“Moses, Moses, go down quickly; for thy people hath sinned, whom
thou didst bring out of the land of Egypt.”1644
And Moses understood that
they had again1645
| 1645 Cod. Sin.
reads, “for themselves.” | made molten images; and
he threw the tables out of his hands, and the tables of the testament of
the Lord were broken. Moses then received it, but they proved themselves
unworthy. Learn now how we have received it. Moses, as a
servant,1646
received it; but the Lord
himself, having suffered in our behalf, hath given it to us, that we
should be the people of inheritance. But He was manifested, in order that
they might be perfected in their iniquities, and that we, being
constituted heirs through Him,1647
| 1647 Cod. Sin. and other mss. read, “through Him who
inherited.” | might receive the testament of the Lord
Jesus, who was prepared for this end, that by His personal manifestation,
redeeming our hearts (which were already wasted by death, and given over
to the iniquity of error) from darkness, He might by His word enter into
a covenant with us. For it is written how the Father, about to
redeem1648
us from darkness, commanded Him to
prepare1649
| 1649 Cod. Sin. reads,
“be prepared.” Hilgenfeld follows Cod. Sin. so far, and
reads, “For it is written how the Father commanded Him who was to
redeem us from darkness (αὐτῷ—λυτρωσάμενος) to
prepare a holy people for Himself.” | a holy people for
Himself. The prophet therefore declares, “I, the Lord Thy God, have
called Thee in righteousness, and will hold Thy hand, and will strengthen
Thee; and I have given Thee for a covenant to the people, for a light to
the nations, to open the eyes of the blind, and to bring forth from
fetters them that are bound, and those that sit in darkness out of the
prison-house.”1650
Ye perceive,1651
| 1651 Cod. Sin. has, “we
know.” | then, whence we have been redeemed. And again,
the prophet says, “Behold, I have appointed Thee as a light to the
nations, that Thou mightest be for salvation even to the ends of the
earth, saith the Lord God that redeemeth thee.”1652
| 1652 Isa. xlix. 6. The
text of Cod. Sin., and of the other mss., is here in great confusion:
we have followed that given by Hefele. | And again, the prophet saith, “The Spirit
of the Lord is upon me; because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel
to the humble: He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to proclaim
deliverance to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind; to
announce the acceptable year of the Lord, and the day of recompense; to
comfort all that mourn.”1653
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