“Believe me, not fire so effectual to burn off rust, as night prayer to remove the rust…”
Believe me, not fire so effectual to burn off rust, as night prayer to remove the rust of our sins.
John Chrysostom · Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles · NPNF1 XI, Homilies on the Acts of the Apostles, Homily XXVI (on Acts XII. 1, 2)
Preaching on Peter freed from Herod's prison by the prayer of the church, Chrysostom makes night prayer a smith's fire and sin the rust it takes off.
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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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