Δεύτερον δὲ τί τῶν μεγίστων αὐτοῖς καὶ ἀμάχων; δεῖ γὰρ αὐτὸν βασιλεύειν ἄχρι τοῦδε καὶ ὑπ’ οὐρανοῦ δεχθῆναι ἄχρι χρόνων ἀποκαταστάσεως, καὶ τὴν ἐκ δεξιῶν καθέδραν ἔχειν, ἕως τῆς τῶν ἐχθρῶν ἐπικρατήσεως. τὸ μετὰ τοῦτο δὲ τί; λῆξαι τῆς βασιλείας, ἢ τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀπωσθῆναι; τίνος παύσοντος; ἢ δι’ ἢν τινα τὴν αἰτίαν; ὡς τολμηρὸς ἐξηγητὴς σύ, καὶ λίαν ἀβασίλευτος. καὶ μὴν 4 τὸ ὄνομα] om τὸ cef || 8 ὅτι kcu] om καὶ f 4. 16 ἀπωσθῆναι] αποσθηναι ac: ἀποστῆναι e || om τὴν ag 1. μεῖζον] in ref. to μέγα above. ib. θεῷ πλακῆναι] again has a Nestorian sound. 2. μίξεως] On this and similar words as applied to the Incarnation see Petavius de Inc. iii 2. ib. ἐπισκ. ἀνατολῇ] Luke i 78. Gr. prob. forgot the context of the words, and thought that they were used in the address of Gabriel to the B.V.M. or some such place. His meaning here is plainly that the human nature assumed by the Son of God was thus ’visited.’ 3. τὸ γεννώμενον ἅγ.] Luke i 35. 4. χαρισθῆναιαὐτῷ τὸὄ.] Phil, ii 9. 6."/> πᾶν γόνυ... τῷ κενωθέντι] Phil. ii 10, 7. 7. γνῶναι π. οἶκον ’I.] Acts ii The point, of course, lies in the ἐποίησεν. 9. ἐνεργ. τοῦ γεννήματος] ‘by the active operation of that which was Begotten? as distinct from the κτίσμα. Tαῦτα refers to the whole series from τί δὲ μεῖζον onwards. 4. No. 2. He must reign until. The word until does not always negative the extension of the alleged action beyond the time mentioned. And besides, Christ's reign is two- fold. It is absolute, even over the refractory; and it is progressive, over those who are made willing to submit, In the first sense it never ends, in the second it ends with the completion of the submission. 12. δεῖ γὰρ αὐτὸν β.] 1 Cor. xv 25. τοῦδε, ’such and such a time? ib. ὑπ’ οὐρανοῦ δ.] Acts iii 21. 13. τὴν ἐκ δεξίων κ.] Ps. cix (ex) 1. ἀκούεις τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ μὴ εἶναι πέρας. ἀλλὰ τοῦτο πάσχεις παρὰ τὸ μὴ γινώσκειν, ὅτι τὸ ἕως οὐ πάντως ἀντιδιαιρεῖται τῷ μέλλοντι, ἀλλὰ τὸ μέχρι τοῦδε μὲν τίθησι, τὸ ὑπὲρ τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ ἀναίνεται. ἢ πῶς νοήσεις, ἵνα μὴ τἄλλα λέγω, τό· Ἔσομαι μεθ’ ὑμῶν ἕως τῆς συντελείας τοῦ αἰῶνος ; ἆρ’ ὡς μετὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἐσομένου ; καὶ τίς ὁ λόγος; οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρὰ τὸ μὴ διαιρεῖν τὰ σημαινόμενα. βασιλεύειν γὰρ λέγεται καθ’ ἓν μέν, ὡς παντοκράτωρ, καὶ θελόντων καὶ μή, βασιλεύς· καθ’ ἕτερον δέ, ὡς ἐνεργῶν τὴν ὑποταγήν, καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ βασιλείαν τιθεὶς ἡμᾶς, ἑκόντας δεχομένους τὸ βασιλεύεσθαι τῆς μὲν οὖν ἐκείνως νοουμένης βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται πέρας. τῆς δευτέρας δὲ τί; τὸ λαβεῖν ἡμᾶς ὑπὸ χεῖρα καὶ σωζομένους. τί γὰρ δεῖ τὴν ὑποταγὴν ἐνεργεῖν ὑποτεταγμένων; μεθ’ ἢν ἀνίσταται κρίνων τὴν γῆν, καὶ διαιρῶν τὸ σωζόμενον καὶ τὸ ἀπολλύμενον· μένον ’ μεθ’ ἢν ἵσταται θεὸς ἐν μέσῳ θεῶν, τῶν σωζομένων, διακρίνων καὶ διαστέλλων, τίνος ἕκαστος τιμῆς καὶ μονῆς ἄξιος.

3 ἀντιδιαίρει de || μὲν τοῦδε ef ’tres ’ || 4 ὕπερ] μέτα cdeg ’plures Reg. et ’ || 6 οὐκ] + ἔτι bdf || 7 om πάρα f || 13 ’δε τι] om ’δε d: om τι ’quat. ’ || 14 χεῖρα Katl om καὶ e ΙΙ 17 om τῶν σωζομένων c1. τῆς βᾶσ’. αὐτοῦ] Luke i 33. ib. τοῦτο πάσχεις παρὰ κτλ.] You find yourself in that plight because you do not observe that the word ‘until’ until ’ does not necessarily draw a contrast between the time before and after the point specified ; lit. ’is not necessarily distinguished from (or opposed to) the future.’5. ἔσομαι μ. ὁ.] Matt, xxviii 10.7. καὶ τίς ὁ λ.] ‘ and what is the reason ’ for His ceasing to be with ib. οὐ μόνον δέ] resumes the sentence from παρὰ τὸ μὴ γινώσκειν : ‘ and not only so.’ib. τὸ μὴ δ. τὰ σῆμ’.] ’through not distinguishing between different senses of the words.’9. καὶ ’θελ’. καὶ μή] sc. θελόντων.10. ἐνεργῶν τὴν ὑποταγήν] ’ ’λθ’ ducing ’’ i.e. working upon us by grace until we submit to Him.12. ἐκείνως ν.] ’in the former sense?13. τὸ λ. ἤμ’. inrb χ. κ. σωζ.] Christ’s kingdom in the second sense will end in our being saved and passing under His complete dominion, There will then be no further subus? mission to produce in us.15. μεθ’ ἢν] sc βασιλείαν. ib. ἀνἰστ. κρ. τὴν γῆν] Ps. Ixxxi (lxxxii) 8.16. ἵσταται θ. ἐν μ. θεῶν...διακρίνων] Ps. lxxxi (lxxxii) 1.