“Man in paradise was capable of self-destruction by abandoning justice by an act of will; yet if the life of justice was to be maintained, his will alone would not have sufficed, unless he who made him had given him aid. But, after the fall, God's mercy was even more abundant, for then the will itself had to be freed f…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — Enchiridion 28:106
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35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD.
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33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
— Proverbs 8:35 —
36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.