And the serpent said unto the woman, You shall not surely die:
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
Do you see how the devil led her captive, handicapped her reasoning and caused her to set her thoughts on goals beyond her real capabilities, in order that she might be puffed up with empty hopes and lose her hold on the advantages already accorded her? Homilies on Genesis