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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Jerome
"Once more I saw under the sun that the race is not won by the swift; nor the battle by the strong, nor does bread come to the wise, riches to the intelligent, nor favour to the learned; but time and death will happen to them all. "He who is bound by manacles and by heavy lead chains is oppressed: "for wickedness sits upon a talent of lead" [Zach. 5, 7.], and in the Psalm it says, "they weigh on me like a heavy burden" [Ps. 37, 5.]. It is not talking about that race, about which is said, "I took up the race, and I kept my faith" [II. …
Bonaventure
Second, carelessness arises from the appearance of a defect in the governance of providence; which appearance is shown in two ways. "I turned to another thing" etc. As was said above, carelessness is found among the wicked: first, because the retribution of justice seems to be lacking; second, because the governance of providence seems to be lacking. …
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