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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Verse 14. How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him?
Verse 14. How much lesse shall I answer him, and chuse out my words to reason with him?
1How much less,] The word is used in the fourth Chapter, How much less in them that dwell in houses of clay? Both Texts bear the same sense. If he charge his angels with folly, and put no trust in those his servants, then, how much less in them who dwell in houses of clay? So the argument lies here, If those mighty and powerful creatures, and the mightiest of the children of men, are not able to contend with God,2 How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? As if he had said, It never so much as can•• into my thoughts to contend with God, I confess I have complained grievously about my troubles, and have spoken some things unadvisedly, but it never entered into my heart to quarrel with God, or stand in battle array against him, no not so much as in a battle of words.
1How much lesse,] The word is used in the fourth Chapter, How much lesse in them that dwell in houses of clay? Both Texts bear the same sense. If he charge his angels with folly, and put no trust in those his servants, then, how much lesse in them who dwell in houses of clay? So the argument lies here, If those mighty and powerfull creatures, and the mightiest of the children of men, are not able to contend with God,2 How much lesse shall I answer him, and chuse out my words to reason with him? As if he had said, It never so much as can•• into my thoughts to contend with God, I confesse I have complained grievously about my troubles, and have spoken some things unadvisedly, but it never entred into my heart to quarrell with God, or stand in battell aray against him, no not so much as in a battell of words.