Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

James 5:11

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 3, page 372, footnote 5 (Image)

Augustine: On the Holy Trinity, Doctrinal Treatises, Moral Treatises

Doctrinal Treatises of St. Augustin (HTML)

On the Creed. (HTML)

Section 10 (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1780 (In-Text, Margin)

10. Scripture saith, “Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord.”[James 5:11] When we read what great trials Job endured, it makes one shudder, it makes one shrink, it makes one quake. And what did he receive? The double of what he had lost. Let not a man therefore with an eye to temporal rewards be willing to have patience, and say to himself, “Let me endure loss, God will give me back sons twice as many; Job received double of all, and begat as many sons as he had buried.” Then is this not the double? Yes, precisely the ...