| Sirach 5:5
| Be not without fear about sin forgiven, and add not sin upon sin:
| And add. Greek, "to add." Take not occasion from God's goodness to offend him. (Haydock) --- He will punish at last. (Jansenius) --- Though you may have taken pains to repent, are you assured of being forgiven? (Ecclesiastes 9:1.) A relapse calls for greater severity, though the graces of God are without repentance, Romans 11:29. He does not recall his favours, but he hates the ungrateful, ver. 6. (Bellarmine, Just. 3:4.) (Calmet) --- Satisfaction must be made even after the sin has been remitted. (Worthington) --- This may be feared. (Menochius)
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