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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Augustine of Hippo
"You have proved and visited Mine heart in the night-season" [Psalm 17:3]. For this Mine heart has been proved by the visitation of tribulation. "You have examined Me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in Me." Now not night only, in that it is wont to disturb, but fire also, in that it burns, is this tribulation to be called; whereby when I was examined I was found righteous.
Thomas Aquinas
That his cause has been examined before God, he shows when he says, "You have tested," etc. And first he sets forth the order of the examination. Second, he explains what was found: "and no iniquity was found." He says, therefore, "You have tested my heart." There is a difference between testing and examining: testing seeks the reason for the deed; examining seeks the deed itself. The reason for the deed pertains more to the heart, but the deed pertains more to the body. …
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