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Isaiah 63:17

Western Saints

Thomas Aquinas

1111. Why have you made us to err? Here he sets out the evils which they met. And first, as to the evils of their fault: you made us to err, permitting, not sending grace and not correcting, from your ways, commands; you hardened, permitted: he has mercy on whom he will. And whom he will, he hardens (Rom 9:18). 1112. Second, he sets out the evils of their punishment. And first, he asks for mercy: return, from wrath to mercy, for the sake of your servants, our fathers: return, O Lord, how long? …

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