موراليا في أيوب (تعليقات أخلاقية على سفر أيوب)، المجلد الأول

Thus the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib, in that both the Hebrews found out the God Whom they worshipped but as yet knew Him not, and the Gentile world received the food of the Law, which it had none of. That therefore which is spoken above in the designation of the sheep and of the camels, is here repeated below in the oxen and the asses. 24. Now even before the coming of the Redeemer Judaea possessed oxen, in that she sent out labourers to preach, to Mat.23, whom it is said by the voice of Truth, Woe unto you, Scribes ^^' and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compjass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. These were weighed down with the heavy yoke of the I^aw, because they were burthened with the ordinances of the external letter, to Mat.ii, whom it is spoken by the voice of Truth, Come unto Me, all * .So the Fathers explain the name Jeriisalcvi. Their subjection denotes that 0/ Jen and Gentile to Christ. 45