Gregory the Great, on Job 22:8

“In the strength of thy arm thou didst possess the land, and being the most mighty thou holdest it.”

“In the might of thine arm thou didst possess the land, and as the most powerful thou didst hold it. ALLEGORICAL INTERPRETATION And her greatness also because heretics envy, because she keeps the companies of people every where in the true faith, when they meet with a season of earthly prosperity, they launch out against her in terms of pride, and by their upbraiding disclose how greatly before they secretly envied her power. Thus it follows; For in the might of thine arm, thou didst possess the earth, and as the most powerful thou didst hold it. As if he said in plain words, 'Whereas thou didst take possession of the earth every where in thy preaching, it was the power of might, and not the reasonableness of truth. For whereas they see that Christian princes hold fast her preaching, all the credit which is given to her by the people, they look upon not as the efficacy of righteousness, but the account of secular power.”

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