5. Ἐπιχείριον ἢ τὸ σκῆπτρον παρίστησιν ἢ τοὺς ὑπὸ τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ τοὺς μισθωτούς· ἐπίχειρα γὰρ ὁ μισθός. Jerem. 31, 26—28. Ἐπικροτήσει ταῖς ερσίν, αἶς ἐπιχαίρων τῷ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ κατὰ θεοῦ θρασυνόμενος ἐπιεκρότει. οἱ δὲ »τοῖς ὀχυρώμασι πεποιθότες« τῶν πόλεων, ταύτας ἀφέντες ἐν πέτραις ᾢκ…

h the prophet Jeremiah, Therefore I awoke as if from sleep, and I saw, and my sleep was sweet to me (Jeremiah 31:26). God is also said to sleep when His faith is not awake but sleeps amid the prosperity of this world and in the hearts of some faithful people. This sleep was signi…