ction 2: Further, the more a man's action is like to God, the better it is: hence the Apostle says ( Eph. 5:1 ): "Be ye followers of God, as most dear children." But "God and the holy angels feel no anger when they punish . . . no fellow-feeling with misery when they relieve the…

denunciation. For, in works of charity, we should above all follow the example of God, according to Eph. 5:1,2 : "Be ye followers of God, as most dear children, and walk in love." Now God sometimes punishes a man for a sin, without previously warning him in secret. Therefore it s…

he desire of glory is not a sin. For no one sins in being likened to God: in fact we are commanded ( Eph. 5:1 ): "Be ye . . . followers of God, as most dear children." Now by seeking glory man seems to imitate God, Who seeks glory from men: wherefore it is written ( Is. 43:6,7 ):…