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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Book of Job being the substance of XXXV lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed for L. Fawne, 1656
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Chapters o… › Chapter 5 › Verses 1-2
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Therefore thou art not a holy or a just man.
The proposition is implied: The Minor or the Assumption, is in the first verse, Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, and to which of the Saints wilt thou turn? As if he should say, Inquire as much as thou wilt, thou shalt find none among the Saints like thy self; they, who have been somewhat like thee (of whom thou shalt find but few) in the troubles which thou hast borne, even those thou wilt find altogether unlike thee, in bearing those troubles. Scarce any of the godly ever suffered such things as thou hast done, but none of the godly ever did such things in their sufferings.
The proposition is implied: The Minor or the Assumption, is in the first verse, Call now, if there be any that will answer thee, and to which of the Saints wilt thou turne? As if he should say, Inquire as much as thou wilt, thou shalt find none among the Saints like thy selfe; they, who have been somewhat like thee (of whom thou shalt find but few) in the troubles which thou hast borne, even those thou wilt find altogether unlike thee, in bearing those troubles. Scarce any of the godly ever suffered such things as thou hast done, but none of the godly ever did such things in their sufferings.
As he argues him in the first verse of hypocrisy, by his unlikeness to the Saints; so in the next words, he argues him of hypocrisy, by his likeness to the wicked: His first argument for this, lies in the second verse, and in the three following verses there lies a second argument to confirm the same point; He attempts ⟨p. 168⟩to prove Job like a fool or a wicked man, two ways.
As he argues him in the first verse of hypocrisie, by his unlikenesse to the Saints; so in the next words, he argues him of hypocrisie, by his likenesse to the wicked: His first argument for this, lyes in the second verse, and in the three following verses there lyes a second argument to confirme the same point; He attempts