Rabanus Maurus, on Matt 12:43

“And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.”

“And returning to his house whence he had gone out, he findeth it empty, of good works through slothfulness, swept, that is, of its old vices by Baptism, and garnished with feigned virtues through hypocrisy.”

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