But he said, Nay; lest while you gather up the tares, you root up also the wheat with them.
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Rabanus Maurus
AD 856
And it should be noted that, when He says, “Sowed good seed,” He intends that good will which is in the elect; when He adds, “An enemy came,” He intimates that watch should be kept against him; when as the tares grow up, He suffers itpatiently, saying, “An enemy hath done” this, He recommends to us patience; when He says, “Lest haply in gathering the tares” He sets us an example of discretion; when He says, “Suffer both to grow together till the harvest,” He teaches us long-suffering; and, lastly, He inculcates justice, when He says, “Bind them into bundles to burn.”
