Anf-01 ix.vi.xxxiv Pg 62
Ps. xlv. 3, 4.
And whatever other things of a like nature are spoken regarding Him, these indicated that beauty and splendour which exist in His kingdom, along with the transcendent and pre-eminent exaltation [belonging] to all who are under His sway, that those who hear might desire to be found there, doing such things as are pleasing to God. Again, there are those who say, “He is a man, and who shall know him?”4303 4303
Anf-01 viii.iv.xxxviii Pg 0
Anf-02 iv.ii.ii.x Pg 3.1
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
Anf-03 iv.ix.ix Pg 32
Ps. xlv. 3, clause 1 (in LXX. Ps. xliv. 4).
But what do you read above concerning the Christ? “Blooming in beauty above the sons of men; grace is outpoured in thy lips.”1277 1277
Anf-03 v.iv.iv.xiv Pg 3
Ps. xlv. 3.
But what do you read about Christ just before? “Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured forth upon Thy lips.”3287 3287
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xviii Pg 11
Ps. xlv. 3.
or by Isaiah as “taking away the spoils of Samaria and the power of Damascus,”6012 6012
Anf-01 viii.iv.xxxviii Pg 0
Anf-02 iv.ii.ii.x Pg 3.1
Anf-03 iv.ix.ix Pg 37
See Ps. xlv. 5 (xliv. in LXX.).
—the virtue to wit, of the spiritual grace from which the recognition of Christ is deduced. “Thine arrows,” he says, “are sharp,”1282 1282
Anf-03 iv.ix.ix Pg 38
Ps. xlv. 5 (xliv. 6 in LXX.).
—God’s everywhere-flying precepts (arrows) threatening the exposure1283 1283
Anf-03 iv.ix.ix Pg 40
Ps. xlv. 5.
—of course, in adoration. Thus mighty in war and weapon-bearing is Christ; thus will He “receive the spoils,” not of “Samaria” alone, but of all nations as well. Acknowledge that His “spoils” are figurative whose weapons you have learnt to be allegorical. And thus, so far, the Christ who is come was not a warrior, because He was not predicted as such by Isaiah.
