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…

The answer of Eliphaz to Jobs first complaint, hath been opened in the fourth and fifth Chapters, together with Jobs reply, in the sixth and seventh. In which he labours to disasperse and vindicate himself from what Eliphaz had rashly taxed him with, Hypocrisy, The name of an hypocrite (like that of a heretic) is such, as no man ought to be patient under.

THe answer of Eliphaz to Jobs first complaint, hath been opened in the fourth and fifth Chapters, together with Jobs reply, in the sixth and seventh. In which he labours to disasperse and vindicate himself from what Eliphaz had rashly taxed him with, Hypocrisie, The name of an hypocrite (like that of a heretike) is such, as no man ought to be patient under.

But while Job endeavours to clear himself in the opinion, or from the imputations of one of his friends, he runs into a further arrear of prejudices with a second: Some of those arguments which he had framed to pay his debt to Eliphaz, and save his own integrity, being again charged upon his account, by his friend Bildad the Shuhite; who presents himself (a duty very commendable) as an Advocate for God; and he conceived there was but need he should. Job in his reply having (in his sense) wronged the justice of God, he takes himself obliged to stand up and clear it, to show Job his supposed sin, and provoke him to repentance, both by threatenings of further wrath, and promises of speedy mercy. Thus in general.

But while Job endeavours to clear himself in the opinion, or from the imputations of one of his friends, he runnes into a further arrere of prejudices with a second: Some of those arguments which he had framed to pay his debt to Eliphaz, and save his own integrity, being again charged upon his account, by his friend Bildad the Shuhite; who presents himself (a duty very commendable) as an Advocate for God; and he conceived there was but need he should. Job in his reply having (in his sense) wronged the justice of God, he takes himself obliged to stand up and clear it, to shew Job his supposed sinne, and provoke him to repentance, both by threatnings of further wrath, and promises of speedy mercy. Thus in generall.