Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Proverbs 25:25
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 4, page 549, footnote 6 (Image)
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... shall find Him ready as the morning, and He will come to us as the early and the latter rain for the earth.’ For not only does He satisfy them in the morning; neither does He give them only as much to drink as they ask; but He gives them abundantly according to the multitude of His lovingkindness, vouchsafing to them at all times the grace of the Spirit. And what it is they thirst for He immediately adds, saying, ‘He that believeth on Me.’ For, ‘as cold waters are pleasant to those who are thirsty[Proverbs 25:25],’ according to the proverb, so to those who believe in the Lord, the coming of the Spirit is better than all refreshment and delight.