Bonaventure, on Wis 18:9

“For the just children of good men were offering sacrifice secretly, and they unanimously ordered a law of justice: that the just should receive both good and evil alike, singing now the praises of the fathers.”

“For in secret, namely on account of fear of the Egyptians, according to the Gloss; they sacrificed, namely by immolating the Passover, as is clear from Exodus 12. The just children, namely the sons, of the good, namely of the Israelites, together with their fathers themselves, on account of which they merited to be freed, the firstborn of the Egyptians having been slain. And the law of justice, namely the one given, in the same place, concerning the immolation of the Passover, which was just, because it signified the justification to be accomplished through the death of Christ; likewise it was called a law, because it bound to its observance for its own time. They disposed in concord, that is, they harmoniously received it and proposed to fulfill it and did fulfill it: whence in the Psalm: "Gather to him his Saints, who order his covenant upon sacrifices." Likewise, that is, with equanimity, good and evil, that is, prosperity and adversity, the just about to receive, namely themselves: repeat: they disposed, whatever God might wish to inflict: Job 2: "If we have received good things from the hand of the Lord, why then should we not endure evil things?" Likewise Luke 16: "You received good things in your life, and Lazarus likewise evil things." Ancestral praises, that is, established and celebrated by the fathers, singing forth, that is, devoutly singing, namely praising God both for evils, namely of punishment, and for goods, namely of grace, or of fortune, or of nature; in the Psalm: "His praise is always in my mouth"; always, that is, not only in prosperity, but also in adversity.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.