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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
Doth not He see my ways, and count all my steps? What does he tell of by the title of 'ways' but ways of acting? Thus it is hence said by Jeremiah; Make your ways and your doings good. But what do we understand by the name of 'steps,' but either the motions of men's minds or the advancements of merits? By which 'steps' indeed Truth calls us to Itself, saying, Come unto Me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden. For the Lord bids us 'come to Him' not surely by the steps of the body, but by the advances of the heart. …
Thomas Aquinas
Third, he assigns the cause from the point of view of divine providence which looks attentively at all the deeds of men. Thus no one can be immune from punishment, and so he says, "Does he not consider my ways," the progress of my works to reward them? …
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