Толкование Книга пророка Иеремии, Глава 20: Амвросий Медиоланский святитель
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JEREMIAH’S FIRE WITHIN. AMBROSE: I think, too, we cannot leave out of sight that fire when we read that the Lord Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit and with fire, as John said in his Gospel. Rightly was the sacrifice consumed, for it was for sin. But that fire was a type of the Holy Spirit, who was to come down after the Lord’s ascension and forgive the sins of all, and who like fire inflames the mind and faithful heart. For this reason, Jeremiah, after receiving the Spirit, says, “It became in my heart as a burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am vile and cannot bear it.” DUTIES OF THE CLERGY 3.28.102.
LOVE IS LIKE THE FIRE THAT CHRIST SENDS. AMBROSE: Indeed, Christ, loving Moses, appeared to him in fire, and Jeremiah, having in himself the gift of divine love, said, “There was a burning fire in my bones, and I have become weakened on every side, and I cannot bear it.” Love is good, then, having wings of burning fire as it flies through the breasts and hearts of the saints and consumes whatever is material and earthly but tests whatever is pure and with its fire makes better whatever it has touched. This fire the Lord Jesus sent on earth, and faith shone bright, devotion was enkindled, love was illuminated, and justice was filled with splendor. ISAAC, OR THE SOUL 8.77.
GOD’S PRESENCE OVERWHELMS THE WORTHY. AMBROSE: Now, God reveals in part and in mystery to those who are worthy, and he sheds forth the Spirit and from his countenance, like a torrent, a brilliant light, so that a person who has been illumined may say, “And there was in my bones a flaming fire, and I am melted on all sides and cannot bear it.” And David says, “Let my sentence come forth from your presence.” LETTER 49.
ИЗНЕМОГЛА О СПАСЕНИИ ТВОЕМ ДУША моя (Пс. 118:81). Ведь, прилепляясь Духу, душа изменяется от того, чем она является, и становится один Дух, ибо соединяющийся с Господом есть один дух с Господом (1 Кор. 6:17). Поэтому святой и боящийся Господа человек неспособен желать ничего иного, кроме спасения Божьего, которое есть Иисус Христос. Его он жаждет, Его желает, к Нему устремляется всеми силами, лелеет Его в глубинах своей души, Ему себя открывает и отдает и боится лишьтого, что может Его потерять. Поэтому насколько сильно охвачена душа желанием прилепиться к своему Спасению, настолько сильнее она изнемогает. Значит, такое изнеможение ослабляет тленную плоть, но оно же рождает добродетель. Сам пророк, в другом месте сказав: Возжаждала Тебя душа моя (Пс. 62:2), добавил ниже: Прильнула душа моя к Тебе, десница Твоя восприяла меня (Пс. 62:9). Кто жаждет, тот постоянно хочет прильнуть к источнику и, кажется, не желает для себя ничего иного, кроме как прикоснуться к воде, чтобы насладиться самим переживанием. Итак, Твоя десница принимает душу мою и наделяет ее Своею силой, делая ее тем, чем та не была прежде, чтобы она сказала: Уже не я живу, но живет во мне Христос (Гал. 2:20). Пусть пример также научит тебя, что такое изнеможение происходит от сильного желания: Страстно желает и изнемогает душа моя войти во дворы Господни (Пс. 83:3)! Псалмопевец говорит, что сначала душа страстно желает и словно полностью устремляется в желание, а затем, устремившись к далекой цели, душа ослабевает. А как изнемогает душа во спасение Божье, учит Иеремия: И возник в сердце моем как бы горящий огонь, пылающий в костях моих, и я совершенно ослабел и не могу понести (Иер. 20:9). Охваченный этим огнем, Давид говорит: ИЗНЕМОГЛА о СПАСЕНИИ ТВОЕМ ДУША МОЯ, И НА слово ТВОЕ Я УПОВАЛ.
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Толкование на Псалом 118. КафJEREMIAH’S FIRE WITHIN. AMBROSE: I think, too, we cannot leave out of sight that fire when we read that the Lord Jesus baptizes with the Holy Spirit and with fire, as John said in his Gospel. Rightly was the sacrifice consumed, for it was for sin. But that fire was a type of the Holy Spirit, who was to come down after the Lord’s ascension and forgive the sins of all, and who like fire inflames the mind and faithful heart. For this reason, Jeremiah, after receiving the Spirit, says, “It became in my heart as a burning fire flaming in my bones, and I am vile and cannot bear it.” DUTIES OF THE CLERGY 3.28.102.
LOVE IS LIKE THE FIRE THAT CHRIST SENDS. AMBROSE: Indeed, Christ, loving Moses, appeared to him in fire, and Jeremiah, having in himself the gift of divine love, said, “There was a burning fire in my bones, and I have become weakened on every side, and I cannot bear it.” Love is good, then, having wings of burning fire as it flies through the breasts and hearts of the saints and consumes whatever is material and earthly but tests whatever is pure and with its fire makes better whatever it has touched. This fire the Lord Jesus sent on earth, and faith shone bright, devotion was enkindled, love was illuminated, and justice was filled with splendor. ISAAC, OR THE SOUL 8.77.
GOD’S PRESENCE OVERWHELMS THE WORTHY. AMBROSE: Now, God reveals in part and in mystery to those who are worthy, and he sheds forth the Spirit and from his countenance, like a torrent, a brilliant light, so that a person who has been illumined may say, “And there was in my bones a flaming fire, and I am melted on all sides and cannot bear it.” And David says, “Let my sentence come forth from your presence.” LETTER 49.
HOLY INDIVIDUALS ALWAYS LONG FOR THE NEXT LIFE. AMBROSE: How much dissatisfaction do we see that even the brief stages of our lives bring on us! The boy longs to be a young man. The young man counts the years when he will be older. The mature man, ungrateful for the blessing of being in the prime of life, eagerly desires the honor associated with old age. Thus, to all there comes naturally a desire for change, simply because we become dissatisfied with what we are now. Therefore, even the very things that we have wished for become wearisome to us on their enjoyment, and what we have desired to obtain we reject on its attainment. Consequently, holy people have not without reason lamented their prolonged sojourning here: David lamented it, Jeremiah lamented it, Elijah lamented it. If we can believe wise people, even those in whom the divine Spirit spoke were hastening to better things. ON HIS BROTHER SATYRUS 2.124-25.
