Augustine of Hippo, on Matt 7:15

“Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.”

“(non occ.) But from their actions we may conjecture whether this their outward appearance is put on for display. For when by any temptations those things are withdrawn or denied them which they had either attained or sought to attain by this evil, then needs must that it appear whether they be the wolf in sheep’s clothing, or the sheep in his own.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.