Jeremiah 1:6 Douay-Rheims

And I said: Ah, ah, ah, Lord God: behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child.

Ambrose of Milan

A.D. 339–397 Patristic

Both Moses and Jeremiah, chosen by the Lord to declare the words of God to the people, avoided through modesty that which through grace they could do.

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A.D. 397 · on Jer 1:6 (On the Duties of the Clergy 1.17.66)

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

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