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Psalms 109:17

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

As for the passage from the psalm, "He loved cursing, and it shall come upon him; and he willed not blessing, so it shall be far removed from him," which he quoted in the same book of Chapters, as if to prove that "all men are ruled by their own will," who can be ignorant that this is a fault not of nature as God created it, but of human will which departed from God? …

On the Proceedings of Pelagius, Chapter 7 ↗

Bonaventure

Behold, He sets before us curse and blessing; let us leave to Judas the traitor the curse and the snares, of whom it is said that he "did not will blessing, and it shall be far from him"; and let us with blessed Matthias receive the blessing.

Collationes de Decem Praeceptis, Collation 1 ↗