Fragments to Turbantius · §4.8.41 · Julian of Eclanum

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He says that no effort should be expected from the human will, contrary to the Gospel, where the Lord…

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He says that no effort should be expected from the human will, contrary to the Gospel, where the Lord says: “Ask, and you will receive; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; whoever seeks finds; and to the one who knocks it will be opened” (Matthew 7:7–8).

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Nihil studii exspectari ab humana voluntate debere, contra illud evangelicum quo ait Dominus: Petite, et accipietis; quaerite, et invenietis; pulsate, et aperietur vobis: omnis enim qui petit, accipit; et qui quaerit, invenit; et pulsanti aperietur [n80]

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