Fathers—but on the contrary, first and foremost, setting aside all the writings of men, all the more steadfastly to soak with our sweat the Holy Scriptures alone, in order that, where the danger is present that one might understand them by one’s own spirit, the exercise of this assiduous endeavor, having conquered the danger of whatever kind, might make us certain of the Spirit of Scripture, which is absolutely nowhere to be found except in Scripture.50 But good interpretation requires not just sweat