Salt And Grace

Ἅλατι Ἐλισσαῖος τὰ Ἰεριχούντια ῥεύματα ἀτεκνοῦντα ἰάσατο, εὐαγγελικῶς κινηθεὶς πρὸς τὴν ἴασιν, οἶα βλέπων τὰ ἔμπροσθεν. Τύπον γὰρ ἔφερε, τὰ μὲν ὕδατα πάσης τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος πρὸς ἀγονίαν ἀρετῶν καὶ ἀκαρπίαν εὐσεβείας στερεωθέντα. Οἱ ἅλες δὲ τῆς πάντα νοτιζούσης ποιότητος καὶ δυνάμεως εἰς τὴν τοῦ Κυρίου διδαχὴν, καθὼς αὐτὸς πρὸς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ ἀποστόλους φησιν. Ὑμεῖς ἐστε τὸ ἅλας τῆς γῆς· Ἐλισσαῖος δὲ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ καὶ Δεσπότου. Οἱ γὰρ τὴν εἰκόνα καθαρὰν φυλάττοντες τῷ ποιήσαντι, καὶ συνθαυματουργεῖν αὐτῷ, χάριν παρ' αὐτοῦ ἐκομίσαντο. Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου, Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΙϚ' Εὐαγγελιῳ Source: Migne PG 78.189b-c

With the cure of salt Elisha purified the fruitless waters, 1 and this act of medicine is in the manner of the Gospel, like something before your eyes. For the waters bear the figure of all human nature which is sterile in virtue and fruitless deprived of piety. The salt being moistened has the quality and power akin to the teaching of the Lord. As when He said to his disciples, 'You are the salt of the earth.' 2 Elisha, then, is as the creator and the Lord. For he who guards the pure image in his deeds makes even miracles like Him, working by His grace. Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 16, to Euaggelios 1 4 Kings 2.19-22 2 Mt 5.13