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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.
First, That in all disputes and controversies it is a note both of an ingenuous and of an holy heart, to yield as much as without wrong to truth may be yielded unto.
First, That in all disputes and controversies it is a note both of an ingenuous and of an holy heart, to yeeld as much as without wrong to truth may be yeelded unto.
It is good to agree as far as we can, if we cannot agree in all. We should walk with an adversary one mile (when it lies in our way) though we cannot walk twain.1 As soon as Job hears a truth, he falleth down before it. He hath not a word to speak against the truth of God, though it come from erroneous men. He will be a friend to truth, though brought by them who seemed his enemies. If this law of disputation were well observed, many disputes would be sooner ended. As some out of love to men, are apt to entertain their very errors; so some out of hatred to men reject their truths. Errors cannot be really adorned, nor truths soiled by those who hold them. Our judgement about both must be carried by reason, not swayed by affection. Willingly to embrace and receive a truth from those, whose errors we most zealously oppose, is the due temper of a champion for the truth.
It is good to agree as farre as we can, if we cannot agree in all. We should walk with an adversary one mile (when it lies in our way) though we cannot walk twain.1 Assoon as Job hears a truth, he falleth down before it. He hath not a word to speak against the truth of God, though it come from erroneous men. He will be a friend to truth, though brought by them who seemed his enemies. If this law of disputation were well observed, many disputes would be sooner ended. As some out of love to men, are apt to entertain their very errours; so some out of hatred to men reject their truths. Errours cannot be really adorned, nor truths soiled by those who hold them. Our judgement about both must be carried by reason, not swaied by affection. Willingly to embrace and receive a truth from those, whose errours we most zealously oppose, is the due temper of a champion for the truth.