They that regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
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Cyril of Alexandria
AD 444
So when the prophet's life was exposed to danger and underwent hardship in the extreme, he likewise had recourse to something beneficial, not like some people giving way to depression and falling to cursing the divine decrees, but remembering the one who saves. my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple
