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.
Воспламенилось сердце мое во мне, и в мыслях моих возгорится огонь (Пс. 38:4). Самые тяжелые раны, как мы знаем См. у Плиния Старшего: nat. hist. 26. 3. , лечат едким зельем или огнем. Итак, мудрец сам себе врач, однако, даже если он врач, его рана воспалена, если только он не достиг совершенного состояния благоразумия и безмятежности, зажглось его сердце, его лихорадит, он горит от упреков и насмешек и, если молчит, переживает внутри. Если камень трется об камень, то вырывается огонь — так даже праведная совесть горит от стыда, если ей напомнить о ее прегрешениях, и в мыслях возгорается огонь. Прекрасен огонь, который опаляет, но не сжигает. Такой огонь Моисей видел См.: Исх. 3:2. в ежевичном кусте, который горел, но не сгорал. Эго тот огонь, который ослабляет грех и уничтожает его вину своим жаром. Этот огонь разжигается размышлениями над небесными Писаниями; похоже, об этом огне говорит Иеремия: И был пылающий огонь, заключенный в костях моих (Иер. 20:9). Возможно, об этом огне говорили Клеопа и его спутник, когда после воскресения Христос, приблизившись, пошел с ними: Не горело ли нас сердце наше, когда Он изъяснял нам Писание? (Лк. 24:32). Господь пришел, чтобы этот огонь низвести на землю См.: Лк. 12:49. , чтобы озарить им все души, зажечь усердие и сжечь грех.
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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.
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.
