For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
He next gives a persuasive turn to his address, adding, For the promise is to you: for he had spoken of a promise above. And to your children, he says: the gift is greater, when these are to be heirs of the blessings. And to all, he continues, and for all who are far away: if to those that are afar off, much more to you that are near: even as many as the Lord our God shall call. Observe the time he takes for saying, To those that are afar off. It is when he finds them conciliated and self-accusing. For when the soul pronounces sentence against itself, no longer can it feel envy.
