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Job 11:6

Western Saints

Gregory the Dialogist

And that He would shew thee the secrets of wisdom, and that her law is manifold. The public works of Supreme Wisdom are when Almighty God rules those whom He creates, brings to an end the good things which He begins, and aids by His inspiration those whom He illumines with the light of His visitation. For it is plain to the eyes of all men, that those whom He created of His free bounty, He provides for with lovingkindness. …

Morals on the Book of Job, Book X ↗

Thomas Aquinas

Take note that we fail to understand divine things in two ways. First, because as we cannot know "the invisible things of God" except through "things which have been created" (Rom. 1:20) and things which have been created express the power of the creator very weakly, many things must remain to be considered in the creator which are hidden from us. These are called the secrets of the wisdom of God. …

Commentary on Job ↗