Notes, Critical and Explanatory, on the Holy Scriptures
Sirach 5
The negation is not in the text; but the same meaning results from reading this clause in de- pendence on the preceding : " to add sin upon sin."
Prov. X. 6. The words ; " quickly come" are not in the Sixtine edition of the text. Wrath, as well as mercy, is from God, whose justice punishes the impenitent.
A favorable direction of the wind should be waited for in order to winnow the corn, lest the wind drive back the chaff on the threshing floor. The traveler should carefully choose his road.
G. P. " So doth the sinner that hath a double tongue." He is compared to the man who thoughtlessly undertakes to winnow corn, or to go on a journey.
G. P. " Be steadfast in thy understanding, and let thy word be the same ;" uniform, consistent.
G. P. " Be swift to hear, and with patience give answer." Compare James i. 19.
G. P. " Honor and shame is in talk," according as our language is wise or foolish.
G. P. "Be not ignorant of any thing in a great matter, or a smnll." Act with care in all things avoid every error, however slight. The Vulgate inculcates impartiality in judgment, so that the lowly and the great be treated alike, according to their deserts. ,
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