“What is it that condemns him who ought not to be punished, since the condemnation itself is certainly punishment; but here he uses “punish” for “correct,” as if he were saying: He who does not accept correction will receive correction, he justly condemns to eternal fire him who is outside the power of God, that is, un…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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16For thy power is the beginning of righteousness, and because thou art the Lord of all, it maketh thee to be gracious unto all.
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14Neither shall king or tyrant be able to set his face against thee for any whom thou hast punished.
15Forsomuch then as thou art righteous thyself, thou orderest all things righteously: thinking it not agreeable with thy power to condemn him that hath not deserved to be punished.
— Wisdom of Solomon 12:16 —
17For when men will not believe that thou art of a full power, thou shewest thy strength, and among them that know it thou makest their boldness manifest.
18But thou, mastering thy power, judgest with equity, and orderest us with great favour: for thou mayest use power when thou wilt.