“But nothing causes such exceeding grief as when
anyone, lying under the captivity of sin, calls to mind from where he has
fallen, because he turned aside to carnal and earthly things, instead of
directing his mind in the beautiful ways of the knowledge of God. So you find
Adam concealing himself, when he knew that God was present and wishing to be
hidden when called by God with that voice which wounded the soul of him
yourself? Why are you concealed? Why do you avoid Him Whom you once longed to
see? A guilty conscience is so burdensome that it punishes itself without a
judge, and wishes for covering, and yet is bare before God.” —St. Ambrose of Milan
(340-397 A.D.), Concerning Repentance, Book II (A.D. 384)
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