“We have already said above that the manna, which endured the odor of fire, would melt at the heat of the sun; but now, since he repeats the same mystery, we believe it is enough to speak of its meaning. For that figurative food fed our fathers in a historical sense, but it melted at the rising of the true sun, that is…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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27For that which was not destroyed of the fire, being warmed with a little sunbeam, soon melted away:
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25Therefore even then was it altered into all fashions, and was obedient to thy grace, that nourisheth all things, according to the desire of them that had need:
26That thy children, O Lord, whom thou lovest, might know, that it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man: but that it is thy word, which preserveth them that put their trust in thee.
— Wisdom of Solomon 16:27 —
28That it might be known, that we must prevent the sun to give thee thanks, and at the dayspring pray unto thee.
29For the hope of the unthankful shall melt away as the winter’s hoar frost, and shall run away as unprofitable water.