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Life flourished again with all good things, and double wealth from every side flowed into his house, 31.564 so that he might have it as if he had lost nothing, and that it might be a reward for the just man's endurance. But why did he receive horses, and mules, and camels, and sheep, and farms, and all the luxury of his property twofold, while the number of children that sprang forth was equal to those who had died? Because the irrational animals, and all the perishable wealth, came to a complete loss; but the children, even though they had died, were alive in the best part of nature. Therefore, having been adorned again with other sons and daughters by the creator, he also had this possession twofold. For some were present, providing joy in life to their parents, while those who had gone before awaited him who had begotten them; then all will stand around Job, when the judge of human life gathers the universal Church; when the trumpet, signifying the coming of the king, sounding more vehemently to the tombs, demands the deposit of the bodies. Then even those who now seem to be dead will stand before the creator of all things more quickly than the living. For this reason, I think, after measuring out to him the other wealth twofold, he deemed it right for him to be content with an equal number of children. Do you see how many good things the righteous Job gathered for himself from his patience? And so you too, if anything difficult has approached you from the fire kindled yesterday by the plot of the demons, endure this, and calm the distress from this suffering with better thoughts; and according to what is written, Cast your care upon the Lord, and he will sustain you. To him belongs glory forever and ever. Amen.

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ἤνθησεν ὁ βίος πάλιν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀγαθοῖς, καὶ διπλασίων ἐπὶ τὸν οἶκον 31.564 πανταχόθεν ὁ πλοῦτος συνέῤῥευσεν, ἵνα τὸ μὲν ὡς μηδὲν ἀπολωλεκὼς ἔχῃ, τὸ δὲ ὑπάρξῃ τῆς καρτερίας τῷ δικαίῳ μισθός. ∆ιὰ τί δὲ ἵππους μὲν, καὶ ἡμιόνους, καὶ καμήλους, καὶ πρόβατα, καὶ γεώργια, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν τῆς περιουσίας τρυφὴν ἐκ τοῦ διπλασίονος ὑπ εδέξατο, ὁ τῶν παίδων δὲ ἀριθμὸς ἴσος τοῖς ἀποθανοῦ σιν ἐβλάστησεν; Ὅτι τὰ μὲν ἄλογα κτήνη, καὶ πᾶς ὁ πλοῦτος διαφθειρόμενος, εἰς τελείαν ἦλθεν ἀπώλειαν· οἱ παῖδες δὲ, καὶ τεθνεῶτες, ἔζων τῷ καλλίστῳ μέρει τῆς φύσεως. Κοσμηθεὶς οὖν αὖθις ἑτέροις υἱοῖς καὶ θυγατράσιν ὑπὸ τοῦ κτίσαντος, καὶ τοῦτο εἶχε κτῆμα διπλοῦν. Οἱ μὲν γὰρ παρῆσαν τὴν ἐν τῷ βίῳ τοῖς γεννήσασιν εὐφροσύνην παρέχοντες, οἱ δὲ προ οδεύσαντες ἀνέμενον τὸν φυτεύσαντα· τότε πάντες περιστησόμενοι τὸν Ἰὼβ, ὅταν ὁ κριτὴς τῆς ἀνθρω πίνης ζωῆς συναγάγῃ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν τὴν πάνδη μον· ὅταν ἡ σάλπιγξ, ἡ τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιδημίαν σημαίνουσα, τοῖς τάφοις σφοδρότερον ἐμβοήσασα, τὴν τῶν σωμάτων ἀπαιτήσῃ παρακαταθήκην. Τότε καὶ οἱ νῦν εἶναι δοκοῦντες νεκροὶ θᾶττον τῶν ζώντων παραστήσονται τῷ τῶν ὅλων δημιουργῷ. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο, οἶμαι, διπλοῦν τὸν ἄλλον πλοῦτον ἐπιμετρήσας αὐτῷ, τοῖς παισὶν ἀρκεῖσθαι τοῖς ἴσοις αὐτὸν ἐδικαίωσεν. Ὁρᾷς ὁπόσα ὁ δίκαιος Ἰὼβ ἐκ τῆς ὑπομονῆς ἑαυτῷ συνέλεξεν ἀγαθά; Καὶ σὺ τοίνυν, εἴ τί σοι προσεπέλασε δυσχερὲς ἀπὸ τοῦ χθὲς ἀναφθέντος πυρὸς ἐκ τῆς τῶν δαιμόνων ἐπιβουλῆς, τοῦτο καρτέρησον, καὶ τὴν ἐκ τοῦ πάθους ἀνίαν κρείττοσι κατεύνασον λογισμοῖς· καὶ κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, Ἐπίῤῥιψον ἐπὶ Κύριον τὴν μέριμνάν σου, καὶ αὐτός σε διαθρέψει. Αὐτῷ πρέπει ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.