“Here arguments are proposed from divine powers by which everything is governed and provided for. First, such is applied against those persons who derogate divine providence, faithless through blasphemy. "Who has commanded and it came to pass, unless the Lord has ordained it?" Within this context, heresy is excluded fr…”
Thomas Aquinas, 13th c. — Commentary on Lamentations
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37Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?
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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.
— Lamentations 3:37 —
38Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good?
39Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins?