In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Au jour du bonheur, sois heureux, et au jour du malheur, réfléchis: Dieu a fait l'un comme l'autre, afin que l'homme ne découvre en rien ce qui sera après lui.
KJV
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider: God also hath set the one over against the other, to the end that man should find nothing after him.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
imputed which he cannot avoid. But if God reprobates anyone, that one must perish. For it is said ( Eccles. 7:14 ): "Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom He hath despised." Therefore it could not be imputed to any man, were he to perish. But this is false. Ther…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
red in order to abstain from sin; yet it is not sufficient without God's help. Hence it is written ( Eccles. 7:14 ): "Consider the works of God that no man can correct whom He hath despised." Reply to Objection 3: As Augustine says (Hypognosticon iii [*Among the spurious works of…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
Damas]: "Accursed be he who says that God has commanded any. thing impossible." Now it is written ( Eccles. 7:14 ): "Consider the works of God, that no man can correct whom He hath despised." Therefore fraternal correction is not a matter of precept. Objection 2: Further, all the…
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