Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
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Salvian the Presbyter
AD 429
What room is there for just complaint when each suffers according to his deeds? There is this exception which I can easily prove, namely, we never suffer in proportion to our deeds, and God deals with us much more leniently than we deal with him. But, in the meantime, let me [continue].… Thus spoke the Lord himself: “I have cried unto you, and you have not heard me; and you shall cry unto me, and I shall not hear you.” What is more suitable and just than this? We have not heard; therefore, we are not heeded. We have not looked; therefore, we are not noticed.
