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2 Samuel 1:21

Western Saints

Ambrose of Milan

Therefore, nature has justly bestowed judgment upon those places where patricide would occur by depriving them of the gift of her bounty, so that by the condemnation of an innocent land, she might reveal the great punishments that await the guilty. Therefore, both the elements themselves and human beings are condemned because of the wickedness. …

On Cain and Abel 2.8.26 ↗