And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He has done all things well: he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
If however He, as one Who knew the present and the future wills of men, knew that they would proclaim Him the more in proportion as He forbade them, why did He give them this command? If it were not that He wished to prove to men who are idle, how much more joyfully, with how much greater obedience, they whom He commands to proclaim Him should preach, when they who were forbidden could not hold their peace.
