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Irenæus - Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

XL.

"And [4880] he found the jaw-bone of an ass." [4881] It is to be observed that, after [Samson had committed] fornication, the holy Scripture no longer speaks of the things happily accomplished by him in connection with the formula, "The Spirit of the Lord came upon him." [4882] For thus, according to the holy apostle, the sin of fornication is perpetrated against the body, as involving also sin against the temple of God. [4883]