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Theodotus

Section 9

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Author: Theodotus

IX. God, out of goodness, hath mingled fear with

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goodness

.

For

what

is

beneficial

for

each

one

,

that

He

also

supplies

,

as

a

physician

to

a

sick

man

,

as

a

father

to

his

insubordinate

child

:

“

For

he

that

spareth

his

rod

hateth

his

son

.

”

And

the

Lord

and

His

apostles

walked

in

the

midst

of

fear

and

labours

.

When

,

then

,

the

affliction

is

sent

in

the

person

of

a

righteous

man

,

it

is

either

from

the

Lord

rebuking

him

for

a

sin

committed

before

,

or

guarding

him

on

account

of

the

future

,

or

not

preventing

by

the

exercise

of

His

power

an

assault

from

without

,

—

for

some

good

end

to

him

and

to

those

near

,

for

the

sake

of

example

.

Notes

20
Prov. xiii. 24.
21
ὅταν οὖν πιστοῦ σώματος ᾐ.
22
The sense is hazy, but about as clear as that to be obtained by substituting conjecturally for προσβολήν (assault), πρὸς βολήν, or ἐπιβολήν, or ἐπιβουλήν.