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Basil of Caesarea, on Eccl 10:4
Basil of Caesarea · c. A.D. 330–379
Eccl 10:4 · Douay-Rheims
“If the spirit of him that hath power, ascend upon thee, leave not thy place: because care will make the greatest sins to cease.”
On this verse:
“He who sins gives place to the devil, taking no heed of him who said, "Do not give place to the devil," or to Ecclesiastes, "If the spirit of him that has power ascends upon you, leave not your place." Let us, then, who are in the Lord and who, as much as we are able, observe closely his wonders, so draw joy to our hearts from the contemplation of them.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.