Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Vol. 13 — Section 526
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Work: Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers — Second Series Volume 13
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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers Second Series Vol. 13
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4. The Just One has chastened me abundantly, but it He loved even among the waves. For Noah overcame the waves of lust, which had drowned in his generation the sons of Seth. Because his flesh revolted against the daughters of Cain, his chariot rode on the surface of the waves. Because women defiled him not, he coupled the beasts, whereof in the ark he joined together, all pairs in the yoke of wedlock. The olive which with its oil gladdens the face, with its leaf gladdened their countenances: for me the river whereof to drink is wont to make joyful, lo! O Lord, by its flood it makes me …
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