Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

1 Kings 12:9

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 5, page 462, footnote 2 (Image)

Augustine: Anti-Pelagian Writings

A Treatise on Grace and Free Will. (HTML)

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God Does Whatsoever He Wills in the Hearts of Even Wicked Men. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 3197 (In-Text, Margin)

... rejected the salutary counsel of the old men, not to deal harshly with the people, and preferred listening to the words of the young men of his own age, by returning a rough answer to those to whom he should have spoken gently. Now whence arose such conduct, except from his own will? Upon this, however, the ten tribes of Israel revolted from him, and chose for themselves another king, even Jeroboam, that the will of God in His anger might be accomplished which He had predicted would come to pass.[1 Kings 12:8-14] For what says the Scripture? “The king hearkened not unto the people; for the turning was from the Lord, that He might perform His saying, which the Lord spake to Ahijah the Shilonite concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat.” All this, indeed, was done ...