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either possessed or obsessed him. **Book of Job **
Chapter 1
Job’s virtue and riches.
Satan by permission from God
strippeth him of all his substance.
His patience.
… 6 Now on a certain day when the sons of
God came to stand before the
Lord, Satan also was present among them. 7 And the
Lord said to him: Whence comest thou? And he answered and said: I have gone round about the earth, and walked through it. 8 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? 9 And Satan answering, said: Doth Job fear
God in vain? 10 Hast not
thou made a fence for him, and his house, and all his substance round about, blessed the works of his hands, and his possession hath increased on the earth? 11 But stretch forth
thy hand a little, and touch all that he hath, and see if he blesseth
thee not to
thy face. 12 Then the Lord said to Satan: Behold, all that he hath is in thy hand: only put not forth thy hand upon his person. And Satan went forth from the presence of the Lord.
- Job 1:6-12 drv
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DRV Commentary: 6 "The sons of God"… The angels.-- Ibid. Satan also, etc. This passage represents to us in a figure, accommodated to the ways and understandings of men, 1. The restless endeavours of Satan against the servants of
God; 2.
That he can do nothing without God’s permission;
- That God doth not permit him to tempt them above their strength: but assists them by his divine grace in such manner, that the vain efforts of the enemy only serve to illustrate their virtue and increase their merit.
of his soul . . .