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Chapter V.—Moses
and Christ.
“For so also it was given to the people of
the Hebrews from the beginning, that they should love Moses, and
believe his word; whence also it is written: ‘The people
believed God, and Moses His servant.’724
What, therefore, was of peculiar
gift from God toward the nation of the Hebrews, we see now to be given
also to those who are called from among the Gentiles to the
faith. But the method of works is put into the power and will of
every one, and this is their own; but to have an affection towards a
teacher of truth, this is a gift of the heavenly Father. But
salvation is in this, that you do His will of whom you have conceived a
love and affection through the gift of God; lest that saying of
His be addressed to
you which He spoke, ‘Why call ye me Lord, Lord, and do not what I
say?’725
It is
therefore the peculiar gift bestowed by God upon the Hebrews, that they
believe Moses; and the peculiar gift bestowed upon the Gentiles is that
they love Jesus. For this also the Master intimated, when He
said, ‘I will confess to Thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, because Thou hast concealed these things from the wise and
prudent, and hast revealed them to babes.’726
By which it is certainly declared,
that the people of the Hebrews, who were instructed out of the law, did
not know Him; but the people of the Gentiles have acknowledged Jesus,
and venerate Him; on which account also they shall be saved, not only
acknowledging Him, but also doing His will. But he who is of the
Gentiles, and who has it of God to believe Moses, ought also to have it
of his own purpose to love Jesus also. And again, the Hebrew, who
has it of God to believe Moses, ought to have it also of his own
purpose to believe in Jesus; so that each of them, having in himself
something of the divine gift, and something of his own exertion, may be
perfect by both. For concerning such an one our Lord spoke, as of
a rich man, ‘Who brings forth from his treasures things new and
old.’727
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