Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Ecclesiasticus 13:2

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 6, page 207, footnote 1 (Image)

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CCEL Footnote 2953 (In-Text, Margin)

... with a smile let him see that the advice he was giving her was after all not his but mine. Not to waste more words, the blessed prelate after many exhortations left her chamber; and, when I asked him what he had accomplished, replied, “Only this that old as I am I have been almost persuaded to drink no more wine.” I relate this story not because I approve of persons rashly taking upon themselves burthens beyond their strength (for does not the scripture say: “Burden not thyself above thy power”?[Ecclesiasticus 13:2]) but because I wish from this quality of perseverance in her to shew the passion of her mind and the yearning of her believing soul; both of which made her sing in David’s words, “My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth after thee.” Difficult ...