it is not true that all suffering is a consequence of a fault and has the nature of a punishment. The figure of the just man Job is a special proof of this in the Old Testament … And if the Lord consents to test Job with suffering, he does it to demonstrate the latter’s righteousness. The suffering has the character of a test.»3 Although sickness may have positive consequences as a demonstration of the faithfulness of the just person, and for repairing the justice that is violated by sin, and also