Commentary on the Book of Job (Expositio Super Iob ad Litteram)

INDEX......Page 1
Prologue......Page 5
First Lesson: Introduction......Page 8
Second Lesson: Satan's Request......Page 14
Third Lesson: The Trial......Page 24
Fourth Lecture: Job's Submission......Page 29
First Lesson: Satan tries Job in his flesh......Page 33
Second Lesson: Job Humbled......Page 36
First Lesson: Job curses his life......Page 41
Second Lesson: Job Would Rest in Peace with the Dead......Page 49
Third Lesson: Like The Unhappy......Page 53
First Lesson: On The Impatience of Job......Page 56
Second Lesson: Job and His Family Justly Punished......Page 59
Third Lesson: the Nocturnal Vision of Eliphaz......Page 62
First Lesson: Only the Blameworthy are Punished......Page 72
Second Lesson: Providence Governs the World......Page 76
Third Lesson God will pardon Job if he recognizes his Sin......Page 80
First Lesson Job is Wounded by God and Desires not to Exist......Page 84
Second Lesson: Job Feels Betrayed by his Friends......Page 89
First Lesson: Life is Combat and Drudgery......Page 94
Second Lesson: The Pains of Life......Page 97
Third Lesson: Job Laments his Terrible Destiny......Page 101
Fourth Lesson: The Prayer of Job......Page 103
First Lesson: God is Just......Page 109
Second Lesson: God’s Justice is Traditional Doctrine......Page 112
CHAPTER 9: THE PROBLEM OF EVIL (THE FIRST APPROACH)......Page 118
First Lesson: God is Almighty......Page 119
Second Lesson: God is Infinitely Wise......Page 124
Third Lesson: Job Cannot Struggle against God......Page 126
Fourth Lesson: The Cruel Lot of the Just and the Wicked......Page 133
First Lesson: Job Returns to Himself: The Creator does not deny His Creature......Page 140
Second Lesson: Is Job Blameworthy?......Page 148
Third Lesson: Job Desires a Respite......Page 150
First Lesson: The Infinite Grandeur of God......Page 154
Second Lesson: The Great Infinity of God......Page 159
First Lesson: God Aids the Humble......Page 163
Second Lesson: God rules Everything......Page 167
First Lesson: The Perversity of the Friends of Job......Page 174
Second Lesson: Job asks God what Grievances He has against Him......Page 179
First Lesson: Wonder about Divine Care......Page 186
Second Lesson: The Hope for Another Life......Page 188
Third Lesson: The Strength of the Tree and the Weakness of Man......Page 190
Fourth Lesson: Waiting for Darkness and Hope of Resurrection......Page 192
Fifth Lesson: One cannot return from Sheol......Page 195
First Lesson: Job’s Pride and Presumption......Page 198
Second Lesson: Divine Punishment is Inevitable......Page 201
Third Lesson: The Unhappy Finish of the Wicked......Page 206
First Lesson: Job again describes his Trials......Page 208
Second Lesson: The Promises of His Friends are Vain......Page 216
First Lesson: Job call on God......Page 218
Second Lesson: Job Ridicules his Friends......Page 222
First Lesson: The Response of Baldath......Page 224
Second Lesson: The Pains of the Sinner......Page 228
First Lesson: A New Description of his Misfortune......Page 232
Second Lesson: Job’s Great Profession of Faith: His Redeemer Lives......Page 239
First Lesson: The Success of the Sinner is Short-lived......Page 243
Second Lesson: The Punishment of the Wicked......Page 247
First Lesson: The Prosperity of the Wicked is a Fact......Page 253
Second Lesson: Job Strengthens his Opinion......Page 260
First Lesson: Job is Presumptuous......Page 264
Second Lesson: The Justice of God Triumphs......Page 269
Lesson: Job Appeals to the Judgment of God......Page 274
Lesson: The Reconciliation of Evil with the Power and the Wisdom of God......Page 281
CHAPTER 25: THE SHORT ANSWER OF BALDATH......Page 291
CHAPTER 26: THE LAST RESPONSE OF JOB......Page 293
Lesson: The Prosperity of Evildoers is not against Divine Providence......Page 299
First Lesson: Wisdom is not in a Determined Place......Page 307
Second Lesson: Where Wisdom is Found......Page 311
Lesson: The Happy Days of Job......Page 318
Lesson: His Present Distress......Page 325
First Lesson: Job is Chaste, Just and Good......Page 334
Second Lesson: Job concludes his Defense......Page 342
Lesson: Introductory Remarks......Page 346
First Lesson: What Job should Confess......Page 353
Second Lesson: God teaches Men in many Ways......Page 356
First Lesson: God is Just to the Individual......Page 364
Second Lesson: God punishes the People......Page 371
Lesson: Man’s Deeds are not Indifferent to God......Page 376
First Lesson: The True Meaning of the Sufferings of Job......Page 381
Second Lesson: Hymn to the Almighty......Page 388
First Lesson: The Wisdom of the Almighty......Page 391
Second Lesson: Eliud Completes his Praise of God......Page 397
First Lesson: What Can Man Understand?......Page 402
Second Lesson: God’s Marvels on Earth, in the Sea and the Air......Page 409
Third Lesson: The Marvels of the Animal Kingdom......Page 419
Lesson: The Marvels of the Animal Kingdom......Page 422
CHAPTER 40: THE COMMAND OF GOD OVER THE POWERS OF EVIL......Page 433
CHAPTER 41: THE GREAT POWER OF SATAN......Page 452
CHAPTER 42: JOB’S REPENTANCE......Page 464
EPILOGUE......Page 466