Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Job 5:7
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 365, footnote 5 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
The Works of John Cassian. (HTML)
The Conferences of John Cassian. Part I. Containing Conferences I-X. (HTML)
Conference VII. First Conference of Abbot Serenus. On Inconstancy of Mind, and Spiritual Wickedness. (HTML)
Chapter VI. Of perseverance as regards care of the thoughts. (HTML)
... watchfulness through a dangerous despair, for “in every one who is anxious there is abundance, for he who is pleasant and free from grief will be in want;” and again: “a man in grief labours for himself, and forcibly brings about his own destruction.” Moreover also: “the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence and the violent take it by force,” for no virtue is acquired without effort, nor can anyone attain to that mental stability which he desires without great sorrow of heart, for “man is born to trouble,”[Job 5:7] and in order that he may be able to attain to “the perfect man, the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ” he must ever be on the watch with still greater intentness, and toil with ceaseless carefulness. But to the fulness of this measure ...