Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Hosea 7:6

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

Jerome: Letters and Select Works

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CCEL Footnote 442 (In-Text, Margin)

... is to be made up for by repletion. When cloyed the mind immediately grows sluggish, and when the ground is watered it puts forth the thorns of lust. If ever you feel the outward man sighing for the flower of youth, and if, as you lie on your 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.”[Hosea 7:6] 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.” It ...