akes vengeance on a man does not bear with him. But we ought to bear with the wicked, for a gloss on Cant 2:2, "As the lily among the thorns," says: "He is not a good man that cannot bear with a wicked one." Therefore we should not take vengeance on the wicked. Objection 3: Furth…

ignari; unde et in eodem Cantico subinfertur: Sicut lilium inter spinas, sic amica mea inter filias (Cant. II, 2) . Quod licet et de universali Ecclesia possit accipi, convenientius tamen specialiter huic potest Virgini coaptari. Lilium siquidem flores reliquos candoris nimii nit…

spinas praedicatores, ut in Cantico: [Col. 1056B] «Sicut lilium inter spinas [Note: [Col. 1055] 21 Cant. II, 2.] ,» quod sancta Ecclesia in medio pravorum * hic peregrinatur. Per spinas divitiae, ut in Evangelio: «Et simul exortae spinae suffocaverunt illud [Note: [Col. 105…