Hearts upon hands: examine thoughts as if in hand
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The taking up of hearts upon hands seems to show that as if having taken our own thoughts in hand let us examine whether they are pure (Lamentations 3:41).
Greek
Klagel. Jerem. 3, 41. Τὸ ἀναλαβεῖν καρδίας ἐπὶ χειρῶν δοκεῖ δηλοῦν τὸ οἱονεὶ μετὰ χεῖρας λαβόντες τὰς ἑαυτῶν ἐννοίας ἐξετάσωμεν, εἴπερ εἰσὶ καθαραί.
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Origen, Fragments on Lamentations.
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