“The misery of the wicked is twofold, when the memory of past evils is not diminished, and the storm of present tribulations increases. Therefore, they have no hope of remedy in the future, because although they may fake repentance for their sins, they have no real intention of improving their ways. Therefore, it is wr…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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13For when they heard by their own punishments the other to be benefited, they had some feeling of the Lord.
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11Whether they were absent or present, they were vexed alike.
12For a double grief came upon them, and a groaning for the remembrance of things past.
— Wisdom of Solomon 11:13 —
14For whom they respected with scorn, when he was long before thrown out at the casting forth of the infants, him in the end, when they saw what came to pass, they admired.
15But for the foolish devices of their wickedness, wherewith being deceived they worshipped serpents void of reason, and vile beasts, thou didst send a multitude of unreasonable beasts upon them for vengeance;