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Chapter iv. Verses 1, 2. — 'But Eliphaz the Temanite answering, said: If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it grievously.' 29. The words of heretics are at first bland, afterward harsh. — Already above have been said the things which are expressed by these interpretations of the names. Because therefore we hasten on to matters not yet discussed, we avoid repeating what has been set forth. This therefore is to be shrewdly observed, that those who hold the type of heretics begin to speak softly, saying: 'If we begin to speak to thee, perhaps thou wilt take it grievously.' For heretics fear to exasperate their hearers at the outset of their speech, lest they be listened to vigilantly, and they greatly avoid their sadness, that they may catch them off their guard.
And almost always the things which they propose are bland; but harsh are the things which they subjoin in pursuing their argument. Whence also now the friends of Job begin from the reverence of gentle speech, but break out even to the javelins of most bitter invective; because the roots also of thorns are soft, yet nonetheless from their very softness they bring forth that wherewith they prick. There follows: