Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 17:6

There is 1 footnote for this reference.

Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 2, page 213, footnote 5 (Image)

Augustine: The City of God, Christian Doctrine

City of God (HTML)

Augustin passes to the second part of the work, in which the origin, progress, and destinies of the earthly and heavenly cities are discussed.—Speculations regarding the creation of the world. (HTML)

An Explanation of What is Said of the Devil, that He Did Not Abide in the Truth, Because the Truth Was Not in Him. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 478 (In-Text, Margin)

... Lord subjoins the reason, saying, “because the truth is not in him.” Now, it would be in him had he abode in it. But the phraseology is unusual. For, as the words stand, “He abode not in the truth, because the truth is not in him,” it seems as if the truth’s not being in him were the cause of his not abiding in it; whereas his not abiding in the truth is rather the cause of its not being in him. The same form of speech is found in the psalm: “I have called upon Thee, for Thou hast heard me, O God,”[Psalms 17:6] where we should expect it to be said, Thou hast heard me, O God, for I have called upon Thee. But when he had said, “I have called,” then, as if some one were seeking proof of this, he demonstrates the effectual earnestness of his prayer by the ...