Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has smitten, and he will bind us up.
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Cyprian of Carthage
AD 258
The Holy Spirit set this forth of old, when he said in the Psalms, “O my king and my God. For to you will I pray; O Lord, in the morning you shall hear my voice. In the morning I will stand before you, and will see you.” And again through the prophet the Lord says, “At dawn they will be on watch for me, saying, ‘Let us go and return to the Lord our God.’ ” Likewise at the setting of the sun and at the end of the day necessarily there must again be prayer. For since Christ is the true sun and the true day, as the sun and the day of the world recede, when we pray and petition that the light come upon us again, we pray for the coming of Christ to provide us with the grace of eternal light. The Lord’s Prayer
In the beginning he seized Adam’s human nature; for he at once declared it accursed, ascribing it to death and corruption. Thus the wrath has struck, but grace plugged the wound with lint. For Christ has brought the healing. He invited [us] to know the true divine revelation; he confirmed [us] through the Spirit to observe the commandments. He showed us again to be zealous followers by placing us beyond corruption and freeing us from the previous infirmities, namely, sin and passions.
For when God snatches away or strikes, no one can heal. Thus in the calamity they remembered God. These may refer to those among the Hebrews who afterward came to believe in Christ. In such a thirst and long captivity they will seek the face, namely, the Son. For he is the mark of the Father’s hypostasis (person). Those who turn to the Son are stripped of the veil which lies on their heart.
