41. Then you have in the fifteenth
Psalm: “Lord, who shall dwell in Thy tabernacle, or who
shall rest upon Thy holy hill?” Ps. xv. [xiv.]
1. It is not that no one, but that he
who is approved shall dwell there, nor does it say that no one shall
rest, but he who is chosen shall rest. And that you may know that
this is true, it is said not much later in the twenty-fourth
Psalm: “Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord, or who
shall stand in His holy place?” Ps. xxiv.
[xxiii.] 3. The writer implies, not any
ordinary person, or one of the common sort, but only a man of excellent
life and of singular merit. And that we may understand that when
the question is asked, Who? it does not imply no one, but some special
one is meant, after having said “Who shall ascend into the hill
of the Lord?” the Psalmist adds: “He that hath clean
hands and a pure heart, who hath not lift up his mind unto
vanity.” Ps. xxiv.
[xxiii.] 4. And
elsewhere it is said: “Who is wise and he shall understand
these things?” Hos. xiv. 10. And in
the Gospel: “Who is the faithful and wise steward, whom the
Lord shall set over His household to give them their measure of wheat
in due season?” S. Luke xii. 42. And
that we may understand that He speaks of such as really exist, the Lord
added: “Blessed is that servant, whom his Lord when He
cometh shall find so doing.” S. Luke xii. 43. And
I am of opinion that where it is said, “Lord, who is like unto
Thee?” Ps. lxxi.
[lxx.] 19. it is not meant
that none is like, for the Son is the image of the Father.