Augustine of Hippo : ON MERCY AND JUSTICE. — If then you deal mercifully and justly with my lord, and if not, tell me. Here begins to appear these two divine attributes, mercy and justice, always inseparably united in the other books of the Holy Scriptures and especially in the Psalms (Cf. Ps. 24:10). For mercy and truth have the same meaning as mercy and justice. [ — QUESTIONS ON GENESIS, Q. 65 (tr. J. Litteral, draft)