An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…

Now the reason why Eliphaz speaks of these two, the foolish and the simple one, and characters them, as dying by the hand of these two lusts, wrath and envy is, because he conceived all Jobs troubled, and (as he thought) muddy complaints in the third Chapter, arose from these two impure and filthy springs, wrath and envy, from proud wrath, and impotent envy; he looked upon him, as angry and displeased, yea as enraged, because God had dealt so ill with him; and he supposed he saw him pale and wan, eaten up and pined with envy, because others were so well, because his friends enjoyed health & lived in prosperity round about him. As if he had said, Thou art wroth at thy own poverty, sickness and sores, and thou art envious at our plenty, health and ease. And may not folly and simplicity, challenge that man for Theirs, whose spirit thus resents, either his own evils, or his neighbours good? Observe hence,

Now the reason why Eliphaz speakes of these two, the foolish and the simple one, and characters them, as dying by the hand of these two lusts, wrath and envie is, because he conceived all Jobs troubled, and (as he thought) muddy complaints in the third Chapter, arose from these two impure and filthy springs, wrath and envie, from proud wrath, and impotent envie; he looked upon him, as angry and displeased, yea as enraged, because God had dealt so ill with him; and he supposed he saw him pale and wanne, eaten up and pined with envie, because others were so well, because his friends enjoyed health & lived in prosperity round about him. As if he had said, Thou art wroth at thy owne povertie, sicknesse and sores, and thou art envious at our plentie, health and ease. And may not folly and simplicitie, challenge that man for Theirs, whose spirit thus resents, either his own evils, or his neighbours good? Observe hence,

First, Every wicked man, is a foolish, a silly man; Sin is pure folly, In the Proverbs all along, wickedness is the Interpretation of foolishness. It is folly to take brass Counters for gold, and to be pleased with Bugles more then with Diamonds. When an heir is impleaded for an Idiot, the Judge commands an apple, or a counter, with a piece of gold to be set before him, to try which he will take; if he takes the apple or the counter, and leaves the