“The city from which the inhabitants went out, pleading with the Lord to leave them, represents the synagogue, which did not want to accept the Lord and Savior of the human race, even after it had seen his divine miracles. Therefore he returned to his own city—rejected by the synagogue, he has come to his church; it is…”
Chromatius of Aquileia, 5th c. — TRACTATE ON MATTHEW 43:7
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5For the holy spirit of discipline will flee deceit, and remove from thoughts that are without understanding, and will not abide when unrighteousness cometh in.
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3For froward thoughts separate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise.
4For into a malicious soul wisdom shall not enter; nor dwell in the body that is subject unto sin.
— Wisdom of Solomon 1:5 —
6For wisdom is a loving spirit; and will not acquit a blasphemer of his words: for God is witness of his reins, and a true beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
7For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world: and that which containeth all things hath knowledge of the voice.