“Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people. For Judaea was unwilling that the true King should reign over it, and therefore obtained a hypocrite, as its merits demanded. As the Truth Itself says in the Gospel, I have come in My Fathers name, and ye received Me not; if another shall come i…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXV
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30That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
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28So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.
29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
— Job 34:30 —
31Surely it is meet to be said unto God, I have borne chastisement, I will not offend any more:
32That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.