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…

Or, He multiplieth my wounds without cause] is,¹ as if Job had said, I know the Lord deals not with me as with a guilty person, nor doth he judge me as a malefactor; mine is a probation, not a punishment: God doth only try me, to see what is in my heart, and how I can stand in an evil day. He multiplieth my wounds without cause; that is, without the cause which you have so often ⟨p. 282⟩objected against me, namely, that I am an hypocrite and wicked. I know God looks upon me as a child,² or a friend, not as an enemy. Therefore I have no cause to multiply words with God, though God go on to multiply my wounds without cause.

Or, He multiplieth my wounds without cause] is,¹ as if Job had said, I know the Lord deals not with me as with a guilty person, nor doth he judge me as a malefactour; mine is a probation, not a punishment: God doth only try me, to see what is in my heart, and how I can stand in an evil day. He multiplieth my wounds without cause; that is, without the cause which you have so often ⟨p. 282⟩objected against me, namely, that I am an hypocrite and wicked. I know God looks upon me as a childe,² or a friend, not as an enemy. Therefore I have no cause to multiply words with God, though God go on to multiply my wounds without cause.

1. 1Haec à Job dicta sunt, quod intell gat se non tam flagellari quam probari.
2. 2Animus in Deū praeclare affectus, sed tamen affectus doloribus. Sanct.Animus in Deū praeclare affectus, sed tamen affectus doloribus. Sanct.