George Leo Haydock

Away. Like Henoch, Genesis v. 24., and Hebrews xi. 5. (Calmet) — “Bad conversations corrupt the best manners,” 1 Corinthians xv. 33., and Isaias lvii. 1. But could not God have supported the just under temptation? Undoubtedly. His judgments are unsearchable. (St. Augustine, de Præd. xiv.) (Calmet) — The holy doctor thence proves, that those who die in a just state, might have forfeited it, if they had lived longer. God knew this possibility, and that it would not take place, and his foreknowledge agrees with man’s free-will, which some, inclining to Pelagianism, would controvert. They objected to this authority: and he was therefore obliged to prove that the book of Wisdom is canonical. (Ibid.[St. Augustine, de Præd. xiv.?]) (Worthington)