“What lesson, then, results from these remarks? This: that we should wean ourselves from this life in the flesh, which has an inevitable follower, death; and that we should search for a manner of life which does not bring death in its train. Now the life of Virginity is such a life. We will add a few other things to sh…”
Gregory of Nyssa, 4th c. — ON VIRGINITY 13
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9He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD.
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7He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;
8That he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.