Often f*SH, with 2 following it, is expressed by the word 6eXu, sQ'sXu, evdox5>, SovXo/uai sv nvi, for example, 1 Sam. xviii. 22, 25 ; comp. the compound ifrXolfjjtfxi/a, ver. 23 : £s>.wi<, 07ie w/w does something with his will [with inclination : a volun teer in doing]. Comp. Mark xii. 38, note. — raifeivoppoffvvfi xat Opriffxtlq ruv ayyiXouv, with humility of feeling (sentiment) and worshipping of angels) A Hendiadys. They worship angels under pretext of humility and modesty, as if they dared not immediately and directly address themselves to God and Christ. " This error," says Alexander Moms, " had driven its roots so deep into the earth, that not even after three centuries could it be pulled out ; for the 35th canon of the Council of Laodicea was framed against it ; and this city was the metropolis of Phrygia, where Colosse also was. That canon condemns the Angelici, for so they wrere called." " The Angelici" says Au gustine Haeres. 39, "are those inclined to the worship of angels." By this authority, the invocation of saints and in tercourse with spirits, how plausible soever they may be, are en tirely taken away. — a py supansv, sf&(3arevuv) Heinsius observes, This language is similar in principle to that of the Greek trage dians, Ks/v' l/A/3areuwv, ottera ^ (BXeKiiv 6tpic, intruding into those things at which it is unlawful to look. 'Eupaxsv, saw with the eyes, and l/A/3arg6«v, intruding with the feet, are spoken meta phorically of the mind. The foot should not get before the eyes : l////3argi/w, / go in, I enter in, I pass through (penetrate). It is used concerning a hostile invasion, 1 Mace. xii. 25. It is figuratively applied to the understanding, and signifies, I pry into or search, I handle, Chrys. de Sac. For how should Christ, 6 rag axavruv epfiarevuv xapdiac, who searches the hearts of all, ask for the sake of learning ? On this passage we have made several observations, T. I. p. 376. Moreover, there is a com pound, xntfAJSarity said of the vain study of abstruse subjects, on which see Suicer's Thesaurus ; and the same Al. Morus proves by the examples taken from Damascius, that this word was used by Plato. And there is little doubt, that Paul himself had in his mind the word of Plato, when he was refuting those who held the same opinion as Plato concerning angels ; cornp. ver. 8. But yet, when he might have said, « py eupa
he yet does not say so (for the things into which the