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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Ver. 24. Trouble shall make him afraid, straits shall besiege him, as a king ready to the battle. In all that the wicked man does, he is hedged in with anguish, and tribulation, and straits; in that his soul is confounded with anxiety and misgiving. One man secretly longs to seize another's goods by force, and he toils and strains in the thoughts of his heart, that he may not be found out. …
Thomas Aquinas
Since he has such fears of everyone, he does not rest but is always plotting something against those whom he fears. Therefore, the occasion of fear is ever multiplied for him, and so he says, "Tribulation will terrify him," threatening him by the actions of others, "and anguish wall him it," because he fears danger from every quarter. "Like a king who is prepared for battle," because a king who is prepared for battle is so in anguish from fear that he will lose, that he still tries to destroy his enemies.
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