THE
BOOK OF
IOB.
CHAP I.
This book is read the two first weekes of September.Holie Iob offereth sacrifice for euerie one of his children, 6. whose good estate Satan enuying, by Gods permission spoileth him of al his goods, and children, 20. for which he being pensiue offendeth not, but thanketh God for al.
The first part.
The change of Iobs prosperous state into affliction.THERE was a man in the Land of Hus, named Iob, and that man was ″ simple, and right, and fearing God, and departing from euil. 2And there were borne to him seuen sonnes and three daughters. 3And his possession was seuen thousand sheep, & three thousand camels, also fiue hundred yoke of oxen, and fiue hundred she-asses, and a familie exceeding great: and that man was great among al them of the East. 4And his sonnes went, and made a feast by houses, euerie one in his day. And sending they called their three sisters to eate & drinke with them. 5And when the dayes of feasting had passed about in course, Iob sent to them, and sanctified them: and rising vp early ″ offered holocaustes for euerie one. For he sayd: Lest perhaps my sonnes haue sinned, and haue blessed God in their harts. So did Iob al the dayes. 6But on a certaine day when the sonnes of God were come to assist before our Lord, [1] Satan also was present amongst them. 7To whom our Lord sayd: From whence commest thou? Who answering, sayd: I haue gone round about the earth, & walked through it. 8And our Lord sayd to him: Hast thou considered my seruant Iob, that
- ↑ Diuels appeare not in Gods sight, but sometime in presence of Angels which represent God. S. Athan. q. 2. ad Antiochum.
