“You might have known, by consulting with learned persons, that there are different meanings of the word spirit. The Scripture, in fact, also speaks of the "spirit of man [a person]," as David sings, "I spoke with my heart by night, and my spirit was afflicted." And Baruch prays, saying, "An anguished soul and a sadden…”
Athanasius of Alexandria, 4th c. — LETTER TO SERAPION 1:7.1-1:8.1
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1O Lord Almighty, God of Israel, the soul in anguish the troubled spirit, crieth unto thee.
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— Baruch 3:1 —
2Hear, O Lord, and have mercy; ar thou art merciful: and have pity upon us, because we have sinned before thee.
3For thou endurest for ever, and we perish utterly.