Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Numbers 14:18

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 266, footnote 7 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 3692 (In-Text, Margin)

... transgression” which is sin in act. Rather slay the allurements to vice while they are still only thoughts; and dash the little ones of the daughter of Babylon against the stones where the serpent can leave no trail. Be wary and vow a vow unto the Lord: “let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.” For elsewhere also the scripture testifies, “I will visit the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation.”[Numbers 14:18] That is to say, God will not punish us at once for our thoughts and resolves but will send retribution upon their offspring, that is, upon the evil deeds and habits of sin which arise out of them. As He says by the mouth of Amos: “for three ...