Didaskalia De nobili dicto Davidis

Thus in this place of the 92nd Psalm, the allegorical picture of the righteous is compared to the most excellent of trees, the Palm and the Cedar. Indeed, the Church herself is compared to a most pleasant garden, planted with plants and trees which the heavenly Father has planted, and also to a most magnificent palace of the greatest King.

III.
Let the Pious observe the transition. Even if the wicked seem to germinate and flourish in this world before all other men, in truth, only the righteous flourish and bring forth fruit.

IIII.
Now, so that the didaskalia teaching/instruction may be established by us, we shall consider these three things in order: Proposition, Exornation, and Confirmation.

V. Proposition.
The righteous shall germinate, flourish, and bring forth copious fruit.

The subject in the enunciation is, namely, righteous men, who are so called univocally: both because they are justified by faith, and because those who love righteousness are still being justified in the zeal of their sanctification, hastening to the goal of perfection syn Christō with Christ. Rom. 3:28; Apoc. 22:11.

However, that no pious and prudent person fails to see that those three attributes are predicated of holy men only kata metaphoran metaphorically, is clear. The force and meaning of these things was best explained by Paul in these words:

Eph. 2:21: "In Jesus Christ the whole building, fitly framed together, groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord."

Chapter 4:15: "But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ."

Tit. 3:14: "And let ours also learn to maintain good works for necessary uses, that they be not unfruitful."

John 15:5: "I am the vine, ye are the branches: he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing."