“We know that repentance over one's sins renews a person, making him better, but it will result in nothing more if it does not result in works of mercy. Truth testifies the same thing through the mouth of John when against those who were approaching him he said, "Generation of vipers! Who made you to believe that you c…”
Augustine of Hippo, 5th c. — SERMON 389:6
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1My son, hast thou sinned? do so no more, but ask pardon for thy former sins.
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— Sirach 21:1 —
2Flee from sin as from the face of a serpent: for if thou comest too near it, it will bite thee: the teeth thereof are as the teeth of a lion, slaying the souls of men.
3All iniquity is as a two edged sword, the wounds whereof cannot be healed.