“Now the seventh day denotes the mystery of the Law, the eighth that of the Resurrection, as you have in Ecclesiastes, Give a portion to seven and also to eight.”
Ambrose of Milan, 4th c. — Letter XXVI, To Irenaeus
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2Give a portion to seven, and also to eight; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the earth.
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1Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.
— Ecclesiastes 11:2 —
3If the clouds be full of rain, they empty themselves upon the earth: and if the tree fall toward the south, or toward the north, in the place where the tree falleth, there it shall be.
4He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.