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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"You sat on the throne Who judgest equity" [Psalm 9:4]. Whether the Son say this to the Father, who said also, "You could have no power against Me, except it were given you from above," [John 19:11] referring this very thing, that the Judge of men was judged for men's advantage, to the Father's equity and His own hidden things: or whether man say to God, "You sat on the throne Who judgest equity," giving the name of God's throne to his soul, so that his body may perhaps be the earth, which is called God's "footstool:" [Isaiah 66:1] …
Thomas Aquinas
Here he sets forth the justice of the deed. First, on his own part, when he says, "because you have done." Sometimes someone has justice, but does not have a judge who will execute it. Sometimes he has a judge, but not a witness or advocate; but this one, having justice, found a judge; and therefore he says, "because you have done my judgment," that is, you have rendered it, "and my cause," that is, you are my witness. Jer. …
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