Augustine of Hippo, on 1Chr 11:9

“And David went on growing and increasing, and the Lord of hosts was with him.”

“In vain also do they object that what we have established from Scripture in the books of Kings and Chronicles—that when God wills the accomplishment of something which ought not to be done except by people who will it, their hearts will be inclined to will this, with God producing this inclination, who in a marvelous and ineffable way works also in us that we will—is not pertinent to the subject with which we are dealing.”

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