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V ers. 2. — Natique sunt et septem filii et tres filiae. 5. Filiorum multitudo eunt ad avaritiam non pel- texit. Saepe ad avaritiam cor parentis illicit fecun- ditas prolis. Eo enim ad ambitum congregandae hae- reditatis accenditur, quo multis haeredibus fecunda- tur. Ut ergo beati Job quam sancta mens fuerit, ostendatur, et justus dicitur, et multae prolis pater fuisse perhibetur. e Qui in libri sui exordio devotus sacrificiis offerendis asseritur, promptus autem largi- tatibus etiam post a semetipso memoratur. Pensemus ergo quanta fortudine praeditus exstitit, quem ad haereditatis tenaciam nec tot haeredum affectus incli- navit. Sequitur:
第2節。——他生了七個兒子，三個女兒。五、眾多的兒女並未引誘他至貪婪。子孫的繁衍常引誘父母的心至貪婪。因為他因多有後嗣而愈發豐盛，就愈被激起熱切聚斂產業之心。因此，為要顯明蒙福的約伯的心何等聖潔，他既被稱為義人，又被記述為多子女之父。他在其書的開頭被說成虔誠獻祭，日後也親自被記念為樂於施捨。因此，讓我們衡量他被賦予何等大的剛毅，連對如此眾多後嗣的慈愛，也未使他傾向於堅執產業。接下來說：
Verse 2. — And there were born to him seven sons and three daughters. 5. The multitude of children did not entice him to avarice. Often the fruitfulness of offspring allures the parent's heart to avarice. For he is kindled to the eager gathering of an inheritance in proportion as he is made fruitful with many heirs. Therefore, that it may be shown how holy blessed Job's mind was, he is both called just, and reported to have been the father of much offspring. He who is asserted at the beginning of his book to have been devout in offering sacrifices, is also afterwards remembered by himself as ready in acts of bounty. Let us weigh, then, with how great fortitude he was endowed, whom not even the affection for so many heirs inclined toward tenacity of inheritance. There follows: