Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts
Ecclesiasticus 29:15
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 2, Volume 11, page 398, footnote 5 (Image)
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... mountain: Be thou removed, and it shall be removed; and nothing shall be impossible to you.” You have it in continuance in prayer, which the Lord’s words call, by reason of unwearied perseverance in petitioning, importunity: “For, verily, I say unto you that if not because of his friendship, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as much as he needs.” You have it in the fruits of almsgiving: “Shut up alms in the heart of the poor and it shall pray for thee in the time of tribulation.”[Ecclesiasticus 29:15] You have it in the purifying of life and in works of mercy, as it is said: “Loose the bands of wickedness, undo the bundles that oppress;” and after a few words in which the barrenness of an unfruitful fast is rebuked, “then,” he says, “thou shalt ...