Gregory the Dialogist

Hence it is that this very Mary of whom we speak lives, because He who owed nothing to death lay down for the human race. Hence it is that we daily return to life after our sins, because our Creator descended without guilt to our punishment. Behold, the ancient enemy has now lost the spoils he had begun to take from the human race; he has lost the victory of his supplanting. Daily sinners return to life; daily they are snatched from his jaws by the hand of the Redeemer. …

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 25 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Second, he shows that man cannot overcome him in the manner in which certain large land animals are overcome. An ox is restrained by man using an iron ring which is placed in its nostrils, by which a man leads him where he wills. To exclude this he says, "Will you put a ring in his nose?" Man also masters the horse, ass or camel by placing a bridle or bit in his mouth, and to exclude this he says, "or pierce his jawbones with a bit?" The jawbones of these animals are perforated with a bit, that is, with iron which is placed in their …

Commentary on Job ↗