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Gregory the Great, on Job 1:8
Gregory the Great · c. A.D. 540–604
Job 1:8 · Douay-Rheims
“And the Lord said to him: Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a simple and upright man, and fearing God, and avoiding evil?”
On this verse:
“MORAL INTERPRETATION To him, whom Divine Inspiration makes strong to meet the enemy, God gives praise as it were in the ears of Satan; for His giving him praise is the first vouchsafing virtues, and afterwards preserving them when vouchsafed. But the old enemy is the more enraged against the righteous, the more he perceives that they are hedged around by the favour of God's protection.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.