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Job 4:19

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Thomas Aquinas

Eliphaz takes his third argument, to show that adversity comes from sin, from the human condition which he joins to the conclusion of the preceding argument. Thus one argument could be formed from two and he means this when he says, "How much more those who dwell in houses of clay." The human condition is such that the body is formed from earthly matter. …

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