Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 Samuel 25:24

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 3, page 490, footnote 1 (Image)

Augustine: On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral Treatises

Moral Treatises of St. Augustin (HTML)

Against Lying. (HTML)

Section 21 (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 2410 (In-Text, Margin)

... men’s sins, which cannot defile except such as consent thereto, was so perturbed that he did not attend to his own sin, in that he was willing to subject his daughters to the lusts of impious men. These things, when we read in holy Scriptures, we must not, for that we believe them done, therefore believe them meet to be done; lest we violate precepts while we indis criminately follow precedents. Or, truly, because David swore to put Nabal to death, and, upon more considerate clemency, did it not,[1 Samuel 25:22-35] shall we therefore say that he is to be imitated, so that we may swear to do a thing which afterwards we may see to be not meet to be done? But as fear perturbed the one, so that he was willing to prostitute his daughters, so did anger the other, ...