“ Against those who, trusting to the mercy of God, live heedlessly, without doing good works.—As the two sources of our sins are pride and sloth, God has revealed to us two of His attributes to cure them, mercy and justice. ”
Blaise Pascal, Pensées (1670). copy citation
| Author | Blaise Pascal |
|---|---|
| Source | Pensées |
| Topic | justice pride |
| Date | 1670 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translated by W. F. Trotter |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/18269/18269-h/18269-h.htm |
Context
“If it is an extraordinary blindness to live without investigating what we are, it is a terrible one to live an evil life, while believing in God.
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Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.
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Against those who, trusting to the mercy of God, live heedlessly, without doing good works.—As the two sources of our sins are pride and sloth, God has revealed to us two of His attributes to cure them, mercy and justice. The property of justice is to [Pg 137] humble pride, however holy may be our works, et non intres in judicium, [183] etc.; and the property of mercy is to combat sloth by exhorting to good works, according to that passage: "The goodness of God leadeth to repentance," [184] and that other of the Ninevites: "Let us do penance to see if peradventure He will pity us." [185” source
496
Experience makes us see an enormous difference between piety and goodness.
497
Against those who, trusting to the mercy of God, live heedlessly, without doing good works.—As the two sources of our sins are pride and sloth, God has revealed to us two of His attributes to cure them, mercy and justice. The property of justice is to [Pg 137] humble pride, however holy may be our works, et non intres in judicium, [183] etc.; and the property of mercy is to combat sloth by exhorting to good works, according to that passage: "The goodness of God leadeth to repentance," [184] and that other of the Ninevites: "Let us do penance to see if peradventure He will pity us." [185” source
