“For all men by nature were vain, in whom there was ignorance of God. And if every living man is altogether vain, how much more vain are those who do not acknowledge their Creator. But all men are vain in whom there is no knowledge of God, that is, the fear and reverence of God. Therefore it is said through Job: Behold…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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1Surely vain are all men by nature, who are ignorant of God, and could not out of the good things that are seen know him that is: neither by considering the works did they acknowledge the workmaster;
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— Wisdom of Solomon 13:1 —
2But deemed either fire, or wind, or the swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which govern the world.
3With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.