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…

In the Original the word [reason] is not found; only thus, Shall I choose out words with him? To choose out words with another bears this elegance, as if Job had said, If I should set my self to choose words with God, he would choose better words then I, more forcible words then I; he is more able infinitely to make choice of words and matter to convince me,¹ then I to convince him:² For the word which we translate [words] may signify not only words with which matter is clothed, but the matter it self clothed with those words. The sum of all is, I can neither choose matter nor words to discourse and argue with God, his invention and judgement about both, infinitely exceeds mine.

In the Originall the word [reason] is not found; only thus, Shall I choose out words with him? To choose out words with another bears this elegancy, as if Job had said, If I should set my self to choose words with God, he would choose better words then I, more forcible words then I; he is more able infinitely to make choice of words and matter to convince me,¹ then I to convince him:² For the word which we translate [words] may signifie not only words with which matter is cloathed, but the matter it self cloathed with those words. The summe of all is, I can neither choose matter nor words to discourse and argue with God, his invention and judgement about both, infinitely exceeds mine.

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew]〈non-Latin alphabet〉
2. 2Significat causam aut ratio nem, & sic eligere verba est novas in ve•re rationes vel argumenta ad suā causam su•ciendam.Significat causam aut ratio nem, & sic eligere verba est novas in vere rationes vel argumenta ad suā causam suciendam.