eal things to have been made for man's sake, wherefore all things are stated to be subject to him [* Ps. 8:5 , seqq.]. Now they serve man in two ways, first, as sustenance to his bodily life, secondly, as helping him to know God, inasmuch as man sees the invisible things of God b…

d does not always love better things the more. 2. Again, an angel is better than a man, according to Ps. 8:5 : “Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels.” Yet God loved a man more than an angel, according to what is said in Heb. 2:16 : “For verily he took not on him the…

ι λογισμοι κατα τον Ἡσαΐαν Καγω, φησιν, τα εργα αυτων και τους λογισμους αυτων ερχομαι συναγαγειν. 3 Ps 8,5®9 Ἀλλ' ο των τηλικουτων, φησι, ποιητης εργων μικρου παντελως οντος ανθρωπου φροντιζεις, και μνημην εποιησω μεταπεσοντος απο σου και επεσκεψω κατενεχθεντα εις αρρωστιαν· ην…