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[290] θύσω ὅλον ἐμαυτόν, τῷ Θεῷ τῷ κτίστῃ καὶ προνοητῇ τῶν ἁπάντων διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν 1 Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τῆς ἐλπίδος ἡμῶν, δἰ οὗ τὴν 2 προσαγωγὴν ἐσχήκαμεν πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα τῶν 3 φώτων ἐν Πνεύματι Ἁγίῳ, δἰ οὗ ἐξηγοράσθημεν τῆς πικρᾶς δουλείας ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ. εἰ μὴ 4 γὰρ ἐταπείνωσεν ἑαυτὸν μέχρι καὶ δούλου μορφῆς, 5 οὐκ ἂν ἡμεῖς τῆς υἱοθεσίας ἠξιώθημεν. ἐταπεινώθη 6 γοῦν δἰ ἡμᾶς, οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγούμενος τὴν θεότητα, ἀλλ̓ ἦν διέμεινε, καὶ οὐκ ἦν [p. 486] 7 προσέλαβεν, ὡμίλησε τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἀνῆλθεν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ, ἐτέθη τάφῳ 8 ἐπὶ τρισὶν ἡμέραις, κατῆλθεν ἐν τῷ ᾄδῃ, καὶ ἐξήγαγεν οὓς κατεῖχε δεσμίους δεινὸς κοσμοκράτωρ πεπραμένους ὑπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας. τίς 9 οὖν ἐγένετο βλάβη αὐτῷ ἐκ τούτων, τι χλευάζειν δοκεῖς; οὐχ ὁρᾷς τὸν ἥλιον τοῦτον, πόσοις καταπέμπει τὴν ἀκτῖνα τόποις ἀχρήστοις καὶ ῥυπαροῖς; πόσα ἐπιβλέπει σώματα νεκρῶν ὀδωδότα; μή τις αὐτῷ προστρίβεται μῶμος; οὐ

1 1 Tim. i. 1

2 Eph. ii. 18

3 Jas. i. 17

4 Phil. ii. 7, 8

5 Gal. iv. 4

6 Phil. ii. 6

7 Cp. Baruch. iii. 28 Mat. xii. 40

8 1 Pet. iii. 18-20 Eph. iv. 8

9 Cp. Greg. Naz. Orat. xxxviii. p. 672

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