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Ecclesiastes 8:10

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Bonaventure

As for exaltation in fame he says: I saw the wicked buried, namely by the depth of despair: Proverbs 18: "When the wicked man comes into the depth of sins, he scorns." Or: buried, by the heap of flattery: Matthew 8: "Let the dead bury their dead"; Gregory: "The dead man buries the dead, when he overwhelms with the heap of flattery." Or: buried, by the continuation of transgression unto death, as if to say: those who were buried in wickedness and died in wickedness, according to what is frequently said; 3 Kings 16: "He died in the …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 8 ↗