7. Keep This unspotted: for it shall
teach you all things, if it abide in you, as you have just heard
declared by the blessed John, discoursing much concerning this
Unction 1 John ii. 20: But ye have an
unction (χρῖσμα) from the
Holy One.. For this
holy thing is a spiritual safeguard of the body, and salvation of the
soul. Of this the blessed Esaias prophesying of old time said,
And on this mountain,—(now he calls the Church a mountain
elsewhere also, as when he says, In the last days the mountain of
the Lord’s house shall be manifest Is. ii. 2.;)—on this mountain shall the Lord
make unto all nations a feast; they shall drink wine, they shall drink
gladness, they shall anoint themselves with ointment Ib. xxv.
6. The Septuagint
differs much from the Hebrew, both here and in the following
verse. R.V. “And in this mountain
shall the Lord of host make unto all people a feast of fat things, a
feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on
the lees well refined.”. And that he may make thee sure, hear
what he says of this ointment as being mystical; Deliver all these
things to the nations, for the counsel of the Lord is unto all
nations Ib. v.
7. R.V. “And He
will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering that is cast
over all peoples, and the veil that is spread over all
nations.”. Having been
anointed, therefore, with this holy ointment, keep it unspotted and
unblemished in you, pressing forward by good works, and being made
well-pleasing to the Captain of your salvation, Christ Jesus, to whom
be glory for ever and ever. Amen.