Jeremiah 17:9
Douay-Rheims
The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?
Augustine of Hippo
His manhood was much more plainly and readily recognized by strangers, who, indeed, were not wrong in believing him to be man, but they did not understand his being God as well as man. Hence Jeremiah says, "He is man, and who shall know him?" He is a man, for it is made manifest that he is a brother. And who shall know him? For it is concealed that he is a husband [to the church]. This must suffice as a defense of our father Abraham against Faustus's imprudence and ignorance and malice.
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A.D. 430 · on Jer 17:9 (REPLY TO FAUSTUS THE MANICHAEAN 22:40)
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.