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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.
1The Septuagint hath a very different rendering of this clause, I will say unto God, Do not teach me to be wicked, or to do wickedly; but is it not wickedness as black as hell, to suppose that God teaches any man to be wicked? The Lord hates wickedness, and can he teach it? The Lord punishes wickedness, therefore he cannot teach it.
1The Septuagint hath a very different rendering of this clause, I will say unto God, Do not teach me to be wicked, or to do wickedly; but is it not wickednesse as black as hell, to suppose that God teaches any man to be wicked? The Lord hates wickednesse, and can he teach it? The Lord punishes wickednesse, therefore he cannot teach it.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew]. Noli me docere impium esse. Sept. Forte graviore aliqua tristitia obrutus, impiam aliquam vocem emittam, q. d. Noli occasionē quaerere mei lapsus.〈non-Latin alphabet〉. Noli me docere impium esse. Sept. Forte graviore aliqua tristitia obrutus, impiam aliquam vocem emittam, q. d. Noli occasionē quaerere mei lapsus.
The mind of the Greek translators is not, that God doth formally teach any to be wicked, but that some learn wickedness, or are ensnared in sin by that which God doth unto them; As if Job had said, Lord, do not increase and heap afflictions upon me: Do not over-grieve and burden the spirit of thy poor creature, lest he should even be forced through impatience to speak unadvisedly, or do any thing unbecomingly: Lord, do not occasion me through the extremity of my afflictions to say or do that which I must repent, and be ashamed of. Which is also the sense of that petition in the Lords-prayer, Lead us not into temptation. Great affliction lay us open to great temptations. And as calamity is an occasion for our graces and virtues to show themselves: So also for our lusts and corruptions. Some never appear so holy; and others, (I mean of those who are really godly) never show so much unholiness, as in affliction. Hence that request of Agur (