Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI:
The Works of John Cassian.: Chapter XVII. A question with regard to the comparison of seven nations with eight faults.

Chapter XVII.

A question with regard to the comparison of seven nations with eight faults.

Germanus: How then is it that there are eight faults which assault us, when Moses reckons the nations opposed to the people of Israel as seven, and how is it well for us to take possession of the territory of our faults?