Name: Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings, A Metaphrase of the Book of Ecclesiastes — Chapter VIII
Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

Quotes from Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings… (Gregory Thaumaturgus)

Gregory Thaumaturgus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings… (1885)

“ This, moreover, is the chief good, to reverence God; for if once the impious man fall away from Him, he shall not be suffered long to misuse his own folly. But a most vicious and false opinion often prevails among men concerning both the righteous and the unrighteous. For they form a judgment contrary to truth regarding each of them; and the man who is really righteous does not get the credit of being so, while, on the other hand, the impious man is deemed prudent and upright. ”

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings… (1885)

“ Moreover, wisdom, when it is found in a man, shows itself also in its possessor’s face, and makes his countenance to shine; as, on the other hand, effrontery convicts the man in whom it has taken up its abode, so soon as he is seen, as one worthy of hatred. ”

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings… (1885)

“ But this I know, that the impious are snatched prematurely from this life, and put out of the way because they have given themselves to vanity. For whereas the providential judgment [3] of God does not overtake all speedily, by reason of His great long-suffering, and the wicked is not punished immediately on the commission of his offences,—for this reason he thinks that he may sin the more, as though he were to get off with impunity, not understanding that the transgressor shall not escape the knowledge of God even after a long interval. ”

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings… (1885)

“ But it will be better and more profitable for a man to abide by the holy commandments, and to keep himself apart from the words of the wicked. For the wise man knows and discerneth beforehand the judgment, which shall come at the right time, and sees that it shall be just. ”

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings… (1885)

“ He knoweth not indeed the things which shall be; for no man shall be able to announce any one of them to him duly: for no one shall be found so strong as to be able to prevent the angel who spoils him of his life; [2] neither shall any means be devised for cancelling in any way the appointed time of death. But even as the man who is captured in the midst of the battle can only see flight cut off on every side, so all the impiety of man perisheth utterly together. And I am astonished, as often as I contemplate what and how great things men have studied to do for the hurt of their neighbours. ”

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings… (1885)

“ For all things in the life of men await the retribution from above; but the wicked man does not seem to know verily [1] that as there is a mighty providence over him, nothing in the future shall be hid. ”

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Acknowledged Writings… (1885)

“ It may be fit at the same time to notice an evil word, but then it is necessary to guard against any blasphemy against God. For it will not be possible to find fault with Him when He inflicts any penalty, nor to gainsay the decrees of the Only Lord and King. ”

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