“He calls the sons of the wicked either disciples or works, because just as the followers of heretics are, on the day of judgment, an increase of sorrow for those who have been led astray by false doctrines, so evil works, at the time of the final examination, are proof of their wickedness, for which reason they are de…”
Rabanus Maurus, 9th c. — Commentary on Wisdom, PL 109
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6For children begotten of unlawful beds are witnesses of wickedness against their parents in their trial.
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4For though they flourish in branches for a time; yet standing not last, they shall be shaken with the wind, and through the force of winds they shall be rooted out.
5The imperfect branches shall be broken off, their fruit unprofitable, not ripe to eat, yea, meet for nothing.
— Wisdom of Solomon 4:6 —
7But though the righteous be prevented with death, yet shall he be in rest.
8For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years.