“Thou dost not so much desire thy sins to be forgiven, as He desires to forgive thee thy…”
Thou dost not so much desire thy sins to be forgiven, as He desires to forgive thee thy sins.
John Chrysostom · Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles · NPNF1 XI, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XXXVI (on Acts XVI. 25, 26)
From the same homily as the passage on praying at night: Chrysostom's answer to a hearer who says he has offended God too far to come back.
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Read in Walker, Sheppard & Browne, NPNF series 1 vol. 11 (1889) · J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, revised by George B. Stevens
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