For after this cometh night: but vice shall not prevail against wisdom.
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Fulgentius of Ruspe
AD 533
If our physician is an expert, he can heal every infirmity. If he is our merciful God, he can forgive every sin. A goodness that does not prevail over every evil is not perfect, nor is a medicine perfect if some disease cannot be cured by it. Indeed, it is written in the sacred texts, "Evil does not prevail over wisdom." Our physician"s omnipotence is proclaimed in the psalm with these words, "Bless the Lord, my soul, and all my being bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, my soul, and do not forget all his benefits. It is he who pardons all your sins, who heals all your weakness, who rescues your life from the grave, who fulfills your desires with good things, who crowns you with mercy and goodness. Your youth will be renewed like the eagle"s." I ask you: What should we think cannot be forgiven us, since the Lord is kindly in all our misdeeds? Or what should we suppose cannot be healed in us, since the Lord heals all our weaknesses? Or how is it possible that one who is whole and righteous would still have some lack"one who is content to desire good things? Or up to what point do we think that one could not avail himself of the benefit of the full remission of sins"one who has been crowned with goodness and mercy? Let no one, therefore, remain in his infirmity, despairing of the physician. Let no one destroy himself in sins, belittling the mercy of God. The apostle declares that "Christ died for the godless." And he likewise says, "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." - "Letters 7.4.3"
