ACC ~ 1 Peter 2 v11b

HEAVENLY AND EARTHLY DELIGHTS. AUGUSTINE: God’s people occupy the middle ground. They are to be compared neither with those who think that the only good is to enjoy earthly delights nor with those sublime inhabitants of heaven, whose sole delight is in the heavenly bread by which they were created. Between the people of heaven and those of earth, the apostle was suspended in the middle, heading toward heaven, though he was not yet there, but at the same time separated from others here below. SERMONS 400.2.

EVIL DESIRES. HILARY OF ARLES: Evil desires are called “carnal” because they operate through the flesh, but in reality they are spiritual, because they come from the soul. INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY ON 1 PETER.

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