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ON SUFFERING
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AFFLICTIONS
Whatever affliction good men and
bad men do suffer together in this life, it does not prove the persons
undistinct because they both do jointly endure like pains; for as in one
fire gold shinet h and chaff smoketh, and as under one flail the straw is
bruised and the ear cleared; nor is lees and the oil confused because they
are both pressed in one press, so likewise one and the same violence of
affliction proveth, purifieth and melteth the good and condemneth, wasteth
and casteth out the bad. And thus, in one and the same distress do the
wicked offend God by detestation and blasphemy, and the good do glorify Him
by praise and prayer.
St. Augustine
(12-28-03)
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