He adds, His name is holy and to be feared.^[1] Holy pertains to the incarnation, as he himself says, Guard my soul because I am holy. To be feared pertains to the omnipotence of his divine nature on high, just as is said in another psalm, You are to be feared, and who can oppose you?^[2] These two phrases pertain to this purpose so that we may call upon him as our advocate^[3] and fear him as our judge. Both of those things have been skillfully joined so that love alone may not render us negligent or fear alone may not make us only devoid of hope.

Therefore, the Word is our educator who heals the unnatural passions of our soul with his counsel. The art of healing, strictly speaking, is the relief of the ills of the body, an art learned through human wisdom. Yet, the only true divine healer of human sickness, the holy comforter of the soul when it is ill, is the Word of the Father. Scripture says, Save your servant, O my God, who puts his trust in you. Have mercy on me, O Lord, because I have cried to you the whole day through. In the words of Democritus, The healer, by his art, cures the body of its diseases, but it is wisdom that rids the spirit of its ills.^[1] The good educator of little ones, however, Wisdom, the Word of the Father, who created human beings, concerns himself with the whole creation, and as the physician of the whole person heals both body and soul.