Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Proverbs 19:7
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 363, footnote 3 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
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Conference VII. First Conference of Abbot Serenus. On Inconstancy of Mind, and Spiritual Wickedness. (HTML)
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... hostile suggestion of the enemy by which it is distracted, and in persisting in that state and condition which it yearns for. We ought not then to ascribe this wandering inclination of our heart either to human nature or to God its Creator. For it is a true statement of Scripture, that “God made man upright; but they themselves found out many thoughts.” The character of these then depends on us ourselves, for it says “a good thought comes near to those that know it, but a prudent man will find it.”[Proverbs 19:7] For where anything is subject to our prudence and industry so that it can be found out, there if it is not found out, we ought certainly to set it down to our own laziness or carelessness and not to the fault of our nature. And with this ...