De Crayer, Gaspar – St. Augustine in Ecstasy

De Crayer, Gaspar – St. Augustine in Ecstasy
Proverbs 23:26, “My son, give me thy heart and let thy eyes keep my ways.” Augustine comments, “He says, give me. Give me what? Son, your heart. When it stays with you, it will go ill. You will be drawn to toys and to lascivious and harmful loves. Give me, he says, your heart. Let it be mine, and it will not perish.”