Augustine of Hippo

“ He seeketh rest in God, and forgiveness of his sins. Oh! that I might find rest in Thee! Oh! that Thou wouldest enter into my heart, and saturate it, that I may forget my own ills, and embrace Thee, my only good! What art Thou to me? In Thy pity teach me to utter it. Or what am I to Thee that Thou demandest love from me, and, if I comply not, art wroth with me, and dost menace me with grievous woes? Is it then but a slight woe to love Thee not? Ah me! by Thy compassions tell me, O Lord my God, what Thou art to me. ”

“ enlarge Thou it, that Thou mayest enter in. It is ruinous; do Thou repair it. It has that within which must offend Thine eyes; I confess and know it. But who shall cleanse it? or to whom should I cry, save Thee? "Lord, cleanse me from my secret faults; keep Thy servant also from presumptuous sins" (Ps. xix. 12, 13) . "I believe, and therefore do I speak" (Ps. ”