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What the Fathers say
Western Saints
Gregory the Dialogist
His soul shall draw near to corruption, and his life to the destroyers. For the soul of every just man when tempted is said to draw near to corruption, when, for fear his virtue should elate him, he is compelled by the rod to feel what he is in his own natural infirmity. He approaches, in truth, to corruption, because he learns that by his own strength he is not far from destruction, in order that he may ascribe not to himself but to the Lord, that he is far from that destruction. …
Thomas Aquinas
Fifth, he places the danger and fear of death saying, "His soul will approach corruption," which refers to his life, which is lived because of his soul. So he adds, "and the life of that man will approach to the dangers of death," to causes bringing death. Note he has proposed these things to answer the lament of Job that God does not answer each of his questions in detail. …
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