Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of Auguries
“ The Apostle said, 'If ye be led by the Spirit, then are ye not under the Law.' He said in another place, ' There is no law set for righteous men, but for unrighteous and disobedient, for the profane and the guilty;' because the law, that is the righteous rule, will not greet [i. e. visit] the righteous man with any evil, but it will punish the unrighteous according to their works. ”
Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of Auguries
“ The righteous verily need not fear the strict rule which God's law teacheth, if he restraineth himself from all foolishness. Paul said, ' Manifest are the works of the flesh, adultery and uncleanness, lasciviousness or lust, idolatry or witchcraft, enmity and strife, spite and anger, contention and sedition, heresy and envy, murder and drunkenness, surfeiting and other such like, the which I tell you beforehand, even as I told you formerly; for they who work such works shall not attain to God's kingdom.' Every one may cease from evil and amend ”
Ælfric, Ælfric's Lives of Saints — Of Auguries
“ But know ye for certain, that the cruel devil cannot hurt men by any sickness, neither destroy their cattle, without the Lord's permission. God is all goodness, and He ever willeth well, but the minds of men may be excited to evil; then God permitteth the devil very often to afflect men for their misdeeds. ”
