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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Thou art changed to cruel unto me; and in the hardness of Thy hand Thou opposest Thyself against me. In Holy Scripture when any thing is said of God unworthy, the mind of the reader is affected, as if it were ever the case that any thing that is worthy were spoken of God. Since well nigh every thing that is spoken touching God, is by this alone henceforth unworthy, that it admitted of being spoken. But for Him to Whose praise the conscious faculty, being astounded, is not equal, when may the tongue by speaking suffice? …
Thomas Aquinas
Thus if I were to consider only my temporal state, I would consider you a cruel and hard enemy, and so he then says, "You have changed into someone cruel in my opinion," according to the appearance of the exterior scourges when you do not spare me even when I entreat you. "And you persecute me with a heavy hand," for you afflict me gravely.
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