“When Celsus adds, "We must therefore believe that people are entrusted to certain beings who are the keepers of this prison house," our answer is that the souls of those who are called by Jeremiah "prisoners of the earth," when eager in the pursuit of virtue, are even in this life delivered from the bondage of evil; f…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — AGAINST CELSUS 8:54
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34To crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth,
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32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
33For he doth not afflict willingly nor grieve the children of men.
— Lamentations 3:34 —
35To turn aside the right of a man before the face of the most High,
36To subvert a man in his cause, the LORD approveth not.