Kindle Notes & Highlights
For thus it is written:—Whatsoever is exalted among men is despicable before God. And again it is written:—Everyone who exalts himself shall be abased, and everyone who humbles himself shall be exalted. Also Jeremiah said:—Let not the mighty glory in his might, nor the rich in his riches. And again the blessed Apostle said:—Whosoever glories, let him glory in the Lord. And David said:—I saw the wicked exalted and lifted up as the cedar of Lebanon; and when I passed by he was not, and I sought him and found him not.
Be quiet, O you that exalts yourself; vaunt not yourself!
O you that are exalted and lifted up, let not the vaunting of your heart mislead you, nor say, I will go up against the rich land and against the powerful beast.
And the holy People inherited an eternal Kingdom; the holy people who were chosen instead of the People. For He provoked them to jealousy with a people that was not a people. And with a foolish people He angered them. And He set free the holy people. For lo! every covenant of God is freed from the burden of kings and princes. For even if a man has served the heathen, as soon as ever he draws near unto the covenant of God, he is set free.
And if any man dispute about them, say thus to him, that these words are not concluded, because the words of God are infinite, nor will they be concluded. For the foolish man says, Here unto (these) words reach. And again, it is not possible to add to them or to diminish from them. For the riches of God cannot be computed or limited.
For Christ dwells in the peaceful and the meek, and lodges in those that fear His word, as He says through the prophet:—On whom shall I look, and in whom shall I dwell, but in the peaceful and the meek who fear My word? And our Lord said:—Whoever walks in My commandments and keeps My love, We will come to him and make Our abode with him.
