Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Psalms 119:140

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 28, footnote 8 (Image)

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 444 (In-Text, Margin)

... couch after a meal, you are excited by the alluring train of sensual desires; then seize the shield of faith, for it alone can quench the fiery darts of the devil. “They are all adulterers,” says the prophet; “they have made ready their heart like an oven.” But do you keep close to the footsteps of Christ, and, intent upon His words, say: “Did not our heart burn within us by the way while Jesus opened to us the Scriptures?” and again: “Thy word is tried to the uttermost, and thy servant loveth it.”[Psalms 119:140] It is hard for the human soul to avoid loving something, and our mind must of necessity give way to affection of one kind or another. The love of the flesh is overcome by the love of the spirit. Desire is quenched by desire. What is taken from the ...