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Psalms 103:5

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

After the battle, then, I shall be crowned; after the crown, what shall I do? "He who satisfieth thy longing with good things" [Psalm 103:5]. ...Seek thy own good, O soul. For one thing is good to one creature, another to another, and all creatures have a certain good of their own, to the completeness and perfection of their nature. There is a difference as to what is essential to each imperfect thing, in order that it may be made perfect; seek for thy own good. …

Exposition on Psalm 103 ↗

Ambrose of Milan

And that the writer was speaking of baptism is evident from the very words in which it is stated that it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were fallen, inasmuch as we are renewed by means of the laver of baptism, whereby we are born again, as Paul says: "For we are buried with him through baptism into death, that, as Christ rose from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we, too, should walk in newness of life." And in another place: "Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new person that is created …

Concerning Repentance 2.2.8 ↗