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What the Fathers say

1 Samuel 14:32

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

He carries off the sheep who recalls the manifold causes of his innocence for the purpose of pride. He carries off the oxen as plunder when he thinks about the labors of his preaching and, by remembering, heaps together whatever he has accomplished by speaking to others, as if by cultivating the earth. He carries off the calves when he is puffed up over the fact that suppressed impulses of lust are brought back to mind. …

Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 4 ↗