Perseverance In Good

Sic faciebat Job cunctis diebus. In quo perseverantia boni operis designatur. Perseverantia hoc praerogativae habet, quia cum omnes virtutes currant ad bravium, sola perseverantia coronatur: multum siquidem valet deprecatio justi assidua: quod in oratione Moysi manifestissime liquet. Dum enim oraret, dum manus erigeret, vincebat populus Dei: dum autem dimittebat manus, aut ab oratione cessabat, Amalech praevalebat. Ideoque Job cunctis diebus offerebat holocausta pro filiis, quia se in quotidianis conviviis peccandi materia ingerebat, oportebatque continuum esse remedium, ubi continua erat occasio et pronitas ad peccandum. Petrus Blenensis, Compendium In Job: Ad Henericum II Illustrissimum Anglorum Regem, Caput I Source: Migne PL 207.804c

So Job acted through all his days. 1 In which is signified perseverance in a good work. Perseverance has this prerogative, that while all virtues race to the prize, perseverance alone is crowned. The persistent prayer of a righteous man benefits greatly, 2 which is made most manifest in the prayer of Moses. For while he prayed, while he raised his hands, the people of God conquered, when he lowered his hands, or ceased in his prayer, Amelech prevailed. 3  Therefore Job offered sacrifice every day for his sons, because as they heaped up the material of sin in daily feasting, so the remedy was continually necessary where there was continual occasion and propensity to sin. Peter of Blois, Compendium On Job, To Henry II Most Illustrious King Of The English, Chapter 1 1 Job 1.5 2 Jam 5.16 3 Exod 17.11