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On the Psalms

Hippolytus

Section 1

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Author: Hippolytus

1. He who delivered from the lowest hell the man first made

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of

earth

,

when

lost

and

bound

by

the

chains

of

death

;

He

who

came

down

from

above

,

and

exalted

earth

-

born

man

on

high

;

He

who

is

become

the

preacher

of

the

Gospel

to

the

dead

,

the

redeemer

of

souls

,

and

the

resurrection

of

the

buried

;

—

He

became

the

helper

of

man

in

his

defeat

,

and

appeared

in

his

likeness

,

the

first

-

born

Word

,

and

took

upon

Himself

the

first

Adam

in

the

Virgin

;

and

though

spiritual

Himself

,

He

made

acquaintance

with

the

earthy

in

the

womb

;

though

Himself

the

ever

-

living

One

,

He

made

acquaintance

with

the

dead

in

transgressions

;

Himself

the

heavenly

One

,

He

bore

the

terrestrial

on

high

;

Himself

of

lofty

extraction

,

He

chose

,

by

His

own

subjection

,

to

set

the

slave

free

;

and

making

man

,

who

turns

to

dust

,

and

forms

food

for

the

serpent

,

unconquerable

as

adamant

,

and

that

,

too

,

when

hung

upon

the

tree

,

He

declared

him

lord

over

his

victor

,

and

is

thus

Himself

proved

conqueror

by

the

tree

.