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IX.³⁶⁴¹

³⁶⁴¹ From The Key.

Head of the Lord—His simple Divinity; because He is the Beginning and Creator of all things: in Daniel.³⁶⁴²

³⁶⁴² Dan. vii. 9, 13, 22" id="x.v.xvi-p4.1" parsed="|Dan|7|9|0|0;|Dan|7|13|0|0;|Dan|7|22|0|0" osisRef="Bible:Dan.7.9 Bible:Dan.7.13 Bible:Dan.7.22">Dan. vii. 9, 13, 22.

The white hair of the Lord, because He is “the Ancient of Days:” as above.

The eyes of the Lord—the Divine inspection: because He sees all things. Like that in the apostle: For all things are naked and open in His eyes.”³⁶⁴³

³⁶⁴³ Heb. iv. 13.

The eyelids of the Lord—hidden spiritual mysteries in the Divine precepts. In the Psalm: “His eyelids question, that is prove, the children of men.”³⁶⁴⁴

³⁶⁴⁴ Ps. xi. 4.

The smelling of the Lord—His delight in the prayers or works of the saints. In Genesis: “And the Lord smelled an odour of sweetness.”³⁶⁴⁵

³⁶⁴⁵ Gen. viii. 21.

The mouth of the Lord—His Son, or word addressed to men. In the prophet, “The mouth of the Lord hath spoken;”³⁶⁴⁶

³⁶⁴⁶ Isa. i. 20.
and elsewhere, “They provoked His mouth to anger.”³⁶⁴⁷

³⁶⁴⁷ Lam. i. 18.

The tongue of the Lord—His Holy Spirit. In the Psalm: “My tongue is a pen.”³⁶⁴⁸

³⁶⁴⁸ Ps. xlv. 1.

The face of the Lord—His manifestation. In Exodus, “My face shall go before thee;”³⁶⁴⁹

³⁶⁴⁹ Ex. xxxiii. 14.
and in the prophet, “The face of the Lord divided them.”³⁶⁵⁰

³⁶⁵⁰ Lam. iv. 16.

The word of the Lord—His Son. In the Psalm: “My heart hath uttered a good word.”³⁶⁵¹

³⁶⁵¹ Ps. xlv. 1.

The arm of the Lord—His Son, by whom He hath wrought all His works. In the prophet Isaiah: “And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?”³⁶⁵²

³⁶⁵² Isa. liii. 1.

The right hand of the Lord—that is, His Son; as also above in the Psalm: “The right hand of the Lord hath done valiantly.”³⁶⁵³

³⁶⁵³ Ps. cxviii. 16.

The right hand of the Lord—electio omnis. As in Deuteronomy: “In His right hand is a fiery law.”³⁶⁵⁴

³⁶⁵⁴ Deut. xxxiii. 2.

The wings of the Lord—Divine protection. In the Psalm: “In the shadow of Thy wings will I hope.”³⁶⁵⁵

³⁶⁵⁵ Ps. lvii. 1.

The shoulder of the Lord—the Divine power, by which He condescends to carry the feeble. In Deuteronomy: “He took them up, and put them on His shoulders.”³⁶⁵⁶

³⁶⁵⁶ Deut. xxxiii. 12.

The hand of the Lord—Divine operation. In the prophet: “Have not my hands made all these things?”³⁶⁵⁷

³⁶⁵⁷ Isa. lxvi. 2.

The finger of the Lord—the Holy Spirit, by whose operation the tables of the law in Exodus are said to have been written;³⁶⁵⁸

³⁶⁵⁸ Ex. xxxiv. 1.
and in the Gospel: “If I by the finger of God cast out demons”³⁶⁵⁹

³⁶⁵⁹ Luke xi. 20.

The fingers of the Lord—The lawgiver Moses, or the prophets. In the Psalm: “I will regard the heavens,” that is, the books of the Law and the Prophets, “the works of Thy fingers.”³⁶⁶⁰

³⁶⁶⁰ Ps. viii. 3.

The wisdom of the Lord—His Son. In the apostle: “Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God;”³⁶⁶¹

³⁶⁶¹ 1 Cor. i. 24.
and in Solomon: “The wisdom of the Lord reacheth from one end to the other mightily.”³⁶⁶²

³⁶⁶² Sap. viii. 1.

The womb of the Lord—the hidden recess of Deity out of which He brought forth His Son. In the Psalm: “Out of the womb, before Lucifer, have I borne Thee.”³⁶⁶³

³⁶⁶³ Ps. cx. 3.

The feet of the Lord—His immoveableness and eternity. In the Psalm: “And thick darkness was under His feet.”³⁶⁶⁴

³⁶⁶⁴ Ps. xviii. 9.

The throne of the Lord—angels, or saints, or simply sovereign dominion.³⁶⁶⁵

³⁶⁶⁵ Ipsa regnandi potestas.
In the Psalm: “Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever.”³⁶⁶⁶

³⁶⁶⁶ Ps. xlv. 6; comp. Ps. v., xxix.

Seat—the same as above, angels or saints, because the Lord sits upon these. In the Psalm: “The Lord sat upon His holy seat.”³⁶⁶⁷

³⁶⁶⁷ Ps. xlvii. 8.

The descent of the Lord—His visitation of men. As in Micah: “Behold, the Lord shall come forth from His place; He shall come down trampling under foot the ends of the earth.”³⁶⁶⁸

³⁶⁶⁸ Mic. i. 3.
Likewise in a bad sense. In Genesis: “The Lord came down to see the tower.”³⁶⁶⁹

³⁶⁶⁹ Gen. xi. 3.

The ascent of the Lord—the raising up of man, who is taken from earth to heaven. In the Psalm: “Who ascendeth above the heaven of heavens to the east.”³⁶⁷⁰

³⁶⁷⁰ Ps. lxviii. 33.

The standing of the Lord—the patience of the Deity, by which He bears with sinners that they may come to repentance. As in Habakkuk: “He stood and measured the earth;³⁶⁷¹

³⁶⁷¹ Hab. iii. 6.
and in the Gospel: “Jesus stood, and bade him be called,”³⁶⁷²

³⁶⁷² Mark x. 49.
that is, the blind man.

The transition of the Lord—His assumption of our flesh, through which by His birth, His death, His resurrection, His ascent into heaven, He made transitions, so to say. In the Song of Songs: “Behold, He cometh, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills.”³⁶⁷³

³⁶⁷³ Cant. Cant. ii. 8.

The going³⁶⁷⁴

³⁶⁷⁴ Gressus.

of the Lord—His coming or visitation. In the Psalm.

The way of the Lord—the operation of the Deity. As in Job, in speaking of the devil: “He is the beginning of the ways of the Lord.”³⁶⁷⁵

³⁶⁷⁵ Job xl. 19.

Again: The ways of the Lord—His precepts. In Hosea: “For the ways of the Lord are straight, and the just shall walk in them.”³⁶⁷⁶

³⁶⁷⁶ Hos. xiv. 10.

The footsteps of the Lord—the signs of His secret operations. As in the Psalm: “And Thy footsteps shall not be known.”³⁶⁷⁷

³⁶⁷⁷ Ps. lxxvii. 19.

The knowledge of the Lord—that which makes men to know Him. To Abraham He says: “Now I know that thou fearest the Lord;”³⁶⁷⁸

³⁶⁷⁸ Gen. xxii. 12.
that is, I have made thee to know.

The ignorance of God³⁶⁷⁹

³⁶⁷⁹ Nescire Dei.
is His disapproval. In the Gospel: “I know you not.”³⁶⁸⁰

³⁶⁸⁰ Luke xiii. 25.

The remembrance of God—His mercy, by which He rejects and has mercy on whom He will. So in Genesis: “The Lord remembered Noah;”³⁶⁸¹

³⁶⁸¹ Gen. viii. 1.
and in another passage: “The Lord hath remembered His people.”³⁶⁸²

³⁶⁸² Esther x. 12.

The repentance of the Lord—His change of procedure.³⁶⁸³

³⁶⁸³ Rerum mutatio.
As in the book of Kings: “It repented me that I have made Saul king.”³⁶⁸⁴

³⁶⁸⁴ 1 Sam. xv. 11.

The anger and wrath of the Lord—the vengeance of the Deity upon sinners, when He bears with them with a view to punishment, does not at once judge them according to strict equity. As in the Psalm: “In His anger and in His wrath will He trouble them.”³⁶⁸⁵

³⁶⁸⁵ Ps. ii. 5.

The sleeping of the Lord—when, in the thoughts of some, His faithfulness is not sufficiently wakeful. In the Psalm: “Awake, why sleepest Thou, O Lord?”³⁶⁸⁶

³⁶⁸⁶ Ps. xliv. 23.

The watches of the Lord—in the guardianship of His elect He is always at hand by the presence of His Deity. In the Psalm: “Lo! He will not slumber nor sleep.”³⁶⁸⁷

³⁶⁸⁷ Ps. cxxi. 4.

The sitting of the Lord—His ruling. In the Psalm: “The Lord sitteth upon His holy seat.”³⁶⁸⁸

³⁶⁸⁸ Ps. xlvii. 8.

The footstool of the Lord—man assumed by the Word; or His saints, as some think. In the Psalm: “Worship ye His footstool, for it is holy.”

The walking of the Lord—the delight of the Deity in the walks of His elect. In the prophet: “I will walk in them, and will be their Lord.”³⁶⁸⁹

³⁶⁸⁹ Ezek. xxxvii. 27.

The trumpet of the Lord—His mighty voice. In the apostle: “At the command, and at the voice of the archangel, and at the trumpet of God, shall He descend from heaven.”³⁶⁹⁰

³⁶⁹⁰ 1 Thess. iv. 15. [The above has been shown to have no claim to be the work of Melito. It is a compilation of the sixth century, in all probability.]

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