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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 16 › Verse 2
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As if he had said, This is a miserable way of comforting, alway to be beating upon, and inculcating the same thing; Job calls his Friends, Physicians of no value, (Chap. 13.4.) Here he expounds himself, while he calls them, Miserable comforters: He is a Physician of no value, who in stead of curing, increaseth the disease; and he is a miserable comforter, who in stead of abating our sorrow adds to it, and heightens it, Miserable comforters are ye.
As if he had sayd, This is a miserable way of comforting, alway to be beating upon, and inculcating the same thing; Job calls his Freinds, Physitians of no value, (Chap. 13.4.) Here he expounds himselfe, while he calls them, Miserable comforters: He is a Physitian of no value, who in stead of curing, increaseth the disease; and he is a miserable comforter, who in stead of abating our sorrow adds to it, and heightens it, Miserable comforters are yee.
It seems the Friends of Job (at least to his sense) had forgotten the design they proposed to themselves when they first undertook this visit, (Chap. 2.11.) They made an appointment together, to come, and mourn with him, and to comfort him. That was the intendment of Jobs Friends at their fi•st addresses. Yet after so long a conference, he makes this report, Miserable comforters are ye; ye rather vex then heal any sore; you my Friends have troubled me more then my wounds, you have wounded my spirit more then Satan did my flesh,1 Miserable comforters are ye.
It seems the Freinds of Job (at least to his sense) had forgotten the designe they proposed to themselves when they first undertook this visit, (Chap. 2.11.) They made an appointment together, to come, and mourne with him, and to comfort him. That was the intendment of Jobs Freinds at their fi•st addresses. Yet after so long a conference, he makes this report, Miserable comforters are yee; yee rather vex then heale any soare; you my Freinds have troubled me more then my wounds, you have wounded my spirit more then Satan did my flesh,