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Work: Ante-Nicene Fathers — Volume 6
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Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. 6
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To those who are altogether reprobate, and unrepentant, who possess the Ethiopian's unchanging skin, [2287] and the leopard's spots, it shall be said, as it was spoken to another fig-tree, "Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever; and it presently withered away." [2288] For in them is fulfilled what was spoken by the Preacher: "That which is crooked cannot be made straight; and that which is wanting cannot be numbered." [2289] For unless that which is crooked shall first be made straight, it is impossible for it to be adorned; and unless that which is wanting shall first be mad…
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