Peace And Death

Esto consentiens adversario tuo cito dum es in via cum eo : ne forte tradat te adversarius judici... Quia nullum tempus vacuum affectu placabilitatis Dominus esse permittit, cito in vitae nostrae via reconciliari nos adversario praecepit, ne in mortis tempus non initia pace transeamus; et ideo dicit esto consentiens adversario tuo cito dum es cum eo in via, ne forte tradat te adversarius iudici. Sanctus Hilarius Pictaviensis, In Evangelium Matthaei Commentarius, Cap IV  Source: Migne PL 19.938b

'Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge... 1 Because the Lord allows us no time to be wanting in mildness of temper, He bids us be quickly reconciled with our adversary on the way of our life, lest we pass into the time of death before peace begins, and so he He says, 'Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver you to the judge.' Saint Hilary of Poitiers, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Chapter 4 1 Mt 5.25