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Jeremiah 31:22

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Bonaventure

A figure preceded in the woman and the man, because Jeremiah says: "A woman shall encompass a man." All of this was fulfilled in the glorious Virgin. Whence Bernard says: "What was shown to Moses in the bush and fire, to Aaron in the rod and flower, to Gideon in the fleece and dew: this Solomon clearly foresaw in the strong woman and her price; more clearly Jeremiah foretold concerning the woman and the man; most clearly Isaiah declared concerning the Virgin and her son; and at last Gabriel made it manifest by greeting the Virgin." …

Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 6 ↗