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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.
So then, speaking in the bitterness of the soul, notes either the excess or greatness of a complaint, or the cause and spring of a complaint. The complaints of Job came not from the ordinary temper of his spirit, but from the troubles of his estate, distempering his spirit; he desired rather to be praising and glorifying God for his receipts, then complaining over his own wants. But his wants were such, as he could not refrain from complaining I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
So then, speaking in the bitternesse of the soul, notes either the excesse or greatnesse of a complaint, or the cause and spring of a complaint. The complaints of Job came not from the ordinary temper of his spirit, but from the troubles of his estate, distempering his spirit; he desired rather to be praising and glorifying God for his receits, then complaining over his own wants. But his wants were such, as he could not refrain from complaining I will speak in the bitternesse of my soul.
But what speaks he?
As when he first spake these words (Chap. 7.11.) he presently turned his speech to God, desiring him to deal more sweetly with him, and puts the question, Am I a Sea or a Whale? &c.