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Ecclesiastes 3:14

Western Saints

Jerome

"I realised that whatever God does will endure forever: nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away, and God has acted so that man should fear Him. "There is nothing in the world that is new. The course of the sun and moon in turn and the dryness and verdure of the earth and trees are born and take shape with the world itself. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes ↗

Bonaventure

Art. 3. The immutability of the divine works is shown. I have learned that all the works etc. He showed above the mutability of works, and from this reproved human curiosity. Here thirdly he shows the immutability of the divine works, because above he had shown their variability. He says therefore: I have learned that all the works which God has made persevere forever. …

Commentary on Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3 ↗