Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
Like Jonah when he was in the belly of the fish, I prayed to you on behalf of the people. Similarly, Christ was with God from his mother’s womb, according to what is written, “Before the child knew good or evil, he chose the good.”