Job — Chapter 5
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Verse 1
Turne to some of the Saints. Eliphaz prouoking Iob to produce some of his opinion, or to seeke the helpe and patronage of some Saint in his cause, plainly sheweth the common faith and practise of inuocating Saints in that time. Els it had been a friuolous speach, which is not to be imputed to a sensible wise man as he was. For it appeareth by the drift of his reasoning, that he supposed some of Gods special seruants would maintaine a good cause, but that Iobs cause was such as neither God, nor holie Angel, nor good man would defend, and therfore boldly prouoked him to this trial, presuming that he should finde no such patron. Neither did he wil Iob in these words to cal vpon God only, for he could not erre so grosly, as to cal God some of the Saints: but must meane some other holie person. And it is cleer by the Septuaginta Interpreters, that Eliphaz willed Iob to inuocate the Angels, saying: Inuecate if anie wil answer thee, or if thou canst behold anie of the holie Angels. S. Gregorie expoundeth it to the same sense, that Saints li. 5. c. were to be inuocated in a good cause, but that Eliphaz here dispising and deriding holie Iob, sayd to him: Thou canst not find Saints thy helpers in affliction, whom thou wouldst not haue thy fellowes in prosperitie.
Verse 6
This Prouerb importeth that a man must not thinke to passe his life without trauel but must get his bread with sweate of his braves, or suffer other calamities.
Verse 7
(g) the Higheft himfelfe founded her? (f) \t shal be reported,or one shal fay to an other : Loe this and that man,al thefe and a] thefe men are regenerate by Baptifme in the Church of Chrift. (g)God him- felfe;Chrift God and Man, founded this Church.
Verse 19
Gods goodnes deliuereth his seruants the space of this laborious life.
Verse 24
And most especially in the houre of death. S.Greg. li. 6. c. 18.