Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but rubbish, that I may win Christ,
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Ambrose of Milan
AD 397
He had read that Abraham, when he confessed himself to be refuse and ashes, found God’s grace in his extreme humility. He had read that Job, sitting on his refuse heap, had recovered all his losses. He had read in David’s prophecy that “God raises the needy from the earth and the pauper from the refuse.” .