Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Isaiah 48:10

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 1, page 159, footnote 8 (Image)

Augustine: Prolegomena: St. Augustine's Life and Work, Confessions, Letters

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Having manifested what he was and what he is, he shows the great fruit of his confession; and being about to examine by what method God and the happy life may be found, he enlarges on the nature and power of memory. Then he examines his own acts, thoughts and affections, viewed under the threefold division of temptation; and commemorates the Lord, the one mediator of God and men. (HTML)

He is Forcibly Goaded on by the Love of Praise. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 954 (In-Text, Margin)

60. By these temptations, O Lord, are we daily tried; yea, unceasingly are we tried. Our daily “furnace”[Isaiah 48:10] is the human tongue. And in this respect also dost Thou command us to be continent. Give what Thou commandest, and command what Thou wilt. Regarding this matter, Thou knowest the groans of my heart, and the rivers of mine eyes. For I am not able to ascertain how far I am clean of this plague, and I stand in great fear of my “secret faults,” which Thine eyes perceive, though mine do not. For in other kinds of temptations I have some sort of ...