“For the Spirit of God is gentle, for He Himself is the love of God, and the giver of all good; He Himself reproves men, because He causes those whom He fills to reprove sinners, just as Truth itself says to the disciples in the Gospel: I tell you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go aw…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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2Therefore chastenest thou them by little and little that offend, and warnest them by putting them in remembrance wherein they have offended, that leaving their wickedness they may believe on thee, O Lord.
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1For thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things.
— Wisdom of Solomon 12:2 —
3For it was thy will to destroy by the hands of our fathers both those old inhabitants of thy holy land,
4Whom thou hatedst for doing most odious works of witchcrafts, and wicked sacrifices;