Beloved, if our heart condemns us not, then have we confidence toward God.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
What means, If our heart think not ill? If it make true answer to us, that we love and that there is genuine love in us: not feigned but sincere; seeking a brother's salvation, expecting no emolument from a brother, but only his salvation
If our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God, viz, that we shall obtain from Him all that we ask. See Psalm 119:6. The contrary is the case with the wicked. See Proverbs 28:9, as S. Gregory says (Mor. x15 , or17), "He who remembers that he still refuses to listen to the command of God, doubts whether he will obtain what he wishes for. And our heart blames us when we pray, when it calls to mind that he opposes the will of Him whom he is addressing. "As oil makes the light to shine, so do good deeds give confidence to the soul.""
