Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna

VI. Hence the aged Simeon, putting off the weakness of the flesh, and putting on the strength of hope, in the face of the law hastened to receive the Minister of the law, the Teacher(1) with authority, the God of Abraham, the Protector of Isaac, the Holy One of Israel, the Instructor of Moses; Him, I say, who promised to show him His divine incarnation, as it were His hinder parts;(2) Him who, in the midst of poverty, was rich; Him who in infancy was before the ages; Him who, though seen, was invisible.