Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Proverbs 20:11
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 512, footnote 9 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
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... Apostle warns us to keep hold of the reins of discretion and not to be attracted by excess and swerve to either side, saying: “Your reasonable service.” And the giver of the law similarly forbids the same thing, saying: “Let the balance be just and the weights equal, the bushel just and the sextarius equal,” and Solomon also gives a like opinion on this matter: “Great and small weights and double measures are both unclean before the Lord, and one who uses them shall be hindered in his contrivances.”[Proverbs 20:10-11] Further not only in the way in which we have said, but also in this must we strive not to have unfair weights in our hearts, nor double measures in the storehouse of our conscience, i.e., not to overwhelm those, to whom we are to preach the word of ...