Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Micah 5:9
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 370, footnote 1 (Image)
Sulpitius Severus, Vincent of Lerins, John Cassian
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... against them the same prophet says: “Judge thou, O Lord, them that wrong me: overthrow them that fight against me. Take hold of arms and shield: and rise up to help me. Bring out the sword and shut up the way against them that persecute me: say to my soul, I am thy salvation.” And when by subduing and destroying all our passions we have vanquished these, we shall then be permitted to hear those words of blessing: “Thy hand shall be exalted over thine enemies, and all thine enemies shall perish.”[Micah 5:9] And so when we read or chant all these and such like passages found in holy writ, unless we take them as written against those spiritual wickednesses which lie in wait for us night and day, we shall not only fail to draw from them any edification to ...