“And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.”
“You know in the beginning of the book of Job it is said, “The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were feeding beside them.”
“” “Oh,” says another, “the Chaldeans have fallen upon the camels and taken them away, and I, only I, am left to tell thee.”
“” “The wind has come from the wilderness, and smitten the four corners of the house, and all thy sons and daughters are dead!”
“Has it not been said, “Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither”?”