15. And wouldest thou know that He who was
begotten of the Father, and afterwards became man, is God? Hear
the Prophet saying, This is our God, none other shall be accounted
of in comparison with Him. He hath found out every way of knowledge,
and given it to Jacob His servant, and to Israel His beloved.
Afterwards He was seen on earth, and conversed among men Baruch iii. 35–37. The last verse was understood by
Cyril, as by many of the Greek and Latin Fathers, to be a prophecy of
the Incarnation: but in reality it refers to
“knowledge” (ἐπιστήμη,
v. 36), and should be translated “she was seen upon
earth.” See notes on the passage in the Speaker’s
Commentary.. Seest thou herein God become man,
after the giving of the law by Moses? Hear also a second
testimony to Christ’s Deity, that which has just now been read,
Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever Heb. i. 8.. For lest, because of His presence
here in the flesh, He should be thought to have been advanced after
this to the Godhead, the Scripture says plainly, Therefore God, even
Thy God, hath anointed Thee with the oil of gladness above Thy
fellows Ib. i.
9. See x. 14, note
9.. Seest thou
Christ as God anointed by God the Father?