“Ecclesiasticus twenty-seven: On account of want, many have sinned; but nothing that is a way of leading into fault pertains to evangelical perfection: therefore etc. To that, therefore, which is first objected to the contrary concerning want, that it draws one to sin, and concerning destitution, which causes one to co…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection, Question 2
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1Many have sinned for a small matter; and he that seeketh for abundance will turn his eyes away.
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— Sirach 27:1 —
2As a nail sticketh fast between the joinings of the stones; so doth sin stick close between buying and selling.
3Unless a man hold himself diligently in the fear of the Lord, his house shall soon be overthrown.