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   "Are not we then ashamed? Tell me, do we not blush if, while the Enemy   
   never despairs of accomplishing our ruin, but always expects it, we despair   
   of the salvation of our brethren? In fact, Satan ought, before the attempt,   
   to have abstained from the contest, for it was God himself who testified to   
   the virtue of the righteous man. Still he did not desist, but because of   
   his mad hatred of us, he, even after the favourable testimony of God   
   himself, hoped to deceive that just man. In our case there is no such   
   circumstance to cause us to despair, and still we desist! The devil, also,   
   although forbidden by God, does not cease from fighting against us; but   
   thou, whilst God enjoins and incites thee to the recovery of the fallen,   
   dost fly from the work! The tempter heard God saying: A just man, true,   
   God-fearing, and abstaining from every evil work, and that there was none   
   like him on the earth; yet after such strong and high testimony in favour   
   of Job, he persevered, and said: "Shall I not at length, by the   
   continuousness and greatness of the evils brought upon him, be able to   
   circumvent him, and overthrow this great pillar?""   
      
   St. John Chrysostom, On the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. "He said   
   to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in   
   weakness. Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that   
   the power of Christ may rest upon me."  2 Corinthians 12:9   
      
   Draw nigh unto God and He will draw nigh unto you.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)