Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Psalms 5:8
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume 2, page 361, footnote 9 (Image)
Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria (HTML)
The Stromata, or Miscellanies (HTML)
Book II (HTML)
Chapter XIII.—On First and Second Repentance. (HTML)
... those, namely, who confess in penitence. “For blessed are all those that fear the Lord.” You see the corresponding blessing in the Gospel. “Fear not,” it is said, “when a man is enriched, and when the glory of his house is increased: because when he dieth he shall leave all, and his glory shall not descend after him.” “But I in Thy I mercy will enter into Thy house. I will worship toward Thy holy temple, in Thy fear: Lord, lead me in Thy righteousness.”[Psalms 5:7-8] Appetite is then the movement of the mind to or from something. Passion is an excessive appetite exceeding the measures of reason, or appetite unbridled and disobedient to the word. Passions, then, are a perturbation of the soul contrary to nature, ...
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 476, footnote 9 (Image)
Jerome: Letters and Select Works
Treatises. (HTML)
Against the Pelagians. (HTML)
Book III (HTML)
CCEL Footnote 5312 (In-Text, Margin)
... the people, eagerly urged them to depart. Solomon says, “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding: in all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths.” Understand what He says—that we must not trust in our wisdom, but in the Lord alone, by Whom the steps of a man are directed. Lastly, we are bidden to show Him our ways, and make them known, for they are not made straight by our own labour, but by His assistance and mercy. And so it is written,[Psalms 5:8] “Make my way right before Thy face,” so that what is right to Thee may seem also right to me. Solomon says the same— “Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.” Our thoughts are then established when we commit all we do ...