XVI. A little later on you will see Jesus
submitting to be purified in the River Jordan for my Purification, or
rather, sanctifying the waters by His Purification (for indeed He had
no need of purification Who taketh away the sin of the world) and the
heavens cleft asunder, and
witness borne to him by the Spirit That is of one nature with
Him; Matt. iii. 13, 17. you shall see Him tempted and conquering and
served by Angels, Ib. iv.
1–11. and healing every
sickness Ib. iv.
23. and every
disease, Nicetas distinguishes
between Νόσος and Μαλακία, saying that
the first is actual disease, and the second the premonitory failing of
health which prognosticates a disease. And, so he says, in
reference to the soul, Νόσος is actual sin, while
Μαλακία is the
relaxation of the will which leads and assents to actual sin. and giving life to
the dead (O that He would give life to you who are dead because of your
heresy), and driving out demons, Ib. ix.
33. sometimes
Himself, sometimes by his disciples; and feeding vast multitudes with a
few loaves; Ib. ix.
14. and walking dryshod
upon seas; Ib. ix.
25. and being betrayed
and crucified, and crucifying with Himself my sin; offered as a Lamb,
and offering as a Priest; as a Man buried in the grave, and as God
rising again; and then ascending, and to come again in His own
glory. Why what a multitude of high festivals there are in each
of the mysteries of the Christ; all of which have one completion,
namely, my perfection and return to the first condition of
Adam.