ΝΟΜΩΝ ΙΕΡΩΝ ΑΛΛΗΓΟΡΙΑΣ

εἰσὶ γὰρ ὥσπερ ἀγαθῶν οὕτω καὶ κακῶν παρὰ τῷ θεῷ θησαυροί, ὡς ἐν μεγάλῃ φησὶν ᾠδῇ· „οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα συνῆκται παρ’ ἐμοί, καὶ ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου, ἐν ἡμέρᾳ ἐκδικήσεως, ὅταν σφαλῇ ὁ ποὺς αὐτῶν“ (Deut. 32,34. 35) ; ὁρᾷς ὅτι κακῶν εἰσι θησαυροί· καὶ ὁ μὲν τῶν ἀγαθῶν εἷς —ἐπεὶ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς εἷς, καὶ ἀγαθῶν θησαυρὸς εἷς —,πολλοὶ δὲ τῶν κακῶν, ὅτι καὶ οἱ ἁμαρτάνοντες ἄπειροι τὸ πλῆθος. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τούτῳ σκόπει τὴν τοῦ ὄντος ἀγαθότητα· τὸν μὲν τῶν ἀγαθῶν θησαυρὸν ἀνοίγει, τοὺς δὲ τῶν κακῶν ἐπισφίγγει· θεοῦ γὰρ ἴδιον τὰ μὲν ἀγαθὰ προτείνειν καὶ φθάνειν δωρούμενον, τὰ δὲ κακὰ μὴ ῥᾳδίως ἐπάγειν.