Thomas Aquinas

He shows the reason he fears to do this saying, "Truly I do not know for how long I will live," in this mortal life, to be able to promise myself a long periods of time to do penance, "and if my maker will take me away after a little while," if he will take me by death to judgment. From this it is clear that Eliud agreed with Job in the fact that the retribution of sins was after death. Otherwise, it would seem vain to fear to offend God because of the proximity of death.

Commentary on Job ↗