4. And ye were first anointed on the
forehead, that ye might be delivered from the shame, which the first
man who transgressed bore about with him everywhere; and that with
unveiled face ye might reflect as a mirror the glory of the
Lord 2 Cor. iii. 18.. Then on your
ears; that ye might receive the ears which are quick to hear the Divine
Mysteries, of which Esaias said, The Lord gave me also an ear to
hear Is. l. 4.; and the Lord Jesus
in the Gospel, He that hath ears to hear let him hear Matt. xi. 15.. Then on the nostrils; that receiving
the sacred ointment ye may say, We are to God a sweet savour of
Christ, in them that are saved 2 Cor. ii. 15..
Afterwards on your breast; that having put on the breast-plate of
righteousness, ye may stand against the wiles of the
devil Eph. vi. 14, and 11.. For as
Christ after His Baptism, and the visitation of the Holy Ghost, went
forth and vanquished the adversary, so likewise ye, after Holy Baptism
and the Mystical Chrism, having put on the whole armour of the Holy
Ghost, are to stand against the power of the adversary, and vanquish
it, saying, I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth
me Phil. iv. 13..