Anf-03 v.vii.ix Pg 9
Or, “great.”
thing. For “he who honours a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet’s reward.”1039 1039
Anf-01 ix.vi.xxxiv Pg 60
Ps. xlv. 2.
and, “God, Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy fellows;”4301 4301
Anf-01 viii.iv.xxxviii Pg 0
Anf-02 iv.ii.ii.x Pg 3.1
Anf-02 vi.iii.iii.i Pg 13.2
Anf-03 iv.ix.ix Pg 33
See Ps. xlv. 2 (xliv. 3 in LXX.).
But very absurd it is if he was complimenting on the bloom of his beauty and the grace of his lips, one whom he was girding for war with a sword; of whom he proceeds subjunctively to say, “Outstretch and prosper, advance and reign!” And he has added, “because of thy lenity and justice.”1278 1278
Anf-03 v.iv.iv.xiv Pg 4
Ps. xlv. 2.
It amuses me to imagine that blandishments of fair beauty and graceful lips are ascribed to one who had to gird on His sword for war! So likewise, when it is added, “Ride on prosperously in Thy majesty,”3288 3288 Literally, “Advance, and prosper, and reign.”
the reason is subjoined: “Because of truth, and meekness, and righteousness.”3289 3289
Anf-03 v.iv.iv.xvii Pg 9
Ps. xlv. 2.
yet it is in that figurative state of spiritual grace, when He is girded with the sword of the Spirit, which is verily His form, and beauty, and glory. According to the same prophet, however, He is in bodily condition “a very worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and an outcast of the people.”3333 3333
Anf-03 v.iv.iv.vii Pg 15
Ps. xlv. 2, 3.
For the Father, after making Him a little lower than the angels, “will crown Him with glory and honour, and put all things under His feet.”3193 3193
Npnf-201 iii.xvi.iv Pg 26
Anf-03 iv.ix.x Pg 41
Lignarium aliquem regem. It is remarkable, in connection herewith, that our Lord is not only called by the Jews “the carpenter’s son” (Matt. xiii. 55; Luke iv. 22), but “the carpenter” (Mark vi. 3).
is signified, and not Christ, who has reigned from that time onward when he overcame the death which ensued from His passion of “the tree.”
