Gregory the Great, on Job 15:4

“As much as is in thee, thou hast made void fear, and hast taken away prayers from before God.”

“Hence he adds, Yea, thou castest off fear, and hast taken prayer before God. 'Taken' means 'taken away;' as if he said in plain terms, 'Presuming on Thine own righteousness, thou scornest to implore the grace of Thy Creator.' For when heretics do not find real evils to urge against the good, they feign things to reproach them with, that they may seem righteous, and it very often happens, that they come to open words of insult.”

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