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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 15
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JOB, Chap. 15. Vers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and said, Should a wise man utter vain knowledge? And fill his belly with the East wind? Should be reason with unprofitable talk? Or with speeches wherewith he can do no good? Yea, thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God. For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty. Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I: Yea, thine own lips testify against thee.
JOB, Chap. 15. Vers. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. Then answered Eliphaz the Temanite, and sayd, Should a wise man utter vaine knowledge? And fill his belly with the East winde? Should be reason with unprofitable talke? Or with speeches wherewith he can doe no good? Yea, thou castest off feare, and restrainest prayer before God. For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou chusest the tongue of the crafty. Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I: Yea, thine owne lips testifie against thee.
WE are come to the second Session of this great dispute, between Job and his three Friends; they have all spoken one turn, and now they return to speak: Eliphaz who led the first charge, leads the second, and that with a very violent march, against this sorrowful man. Yet we are not to conceive Eliphaz upon any design, to revile his person, or to vex his spirit: That were most unsuitable in any Friend, much ⟨p. 2⟩more (such we suppose Eliphaz to have been) in a godly friend:1 Charity suggests a fairer interpretation of this procedure, that he spake thus harshly, and dealt thus roughly, being moved by some unwary passages in Jobs discourse, not well understood or misapplied. At which stone how many stumble at this day! First, misconceiving, and then censuring their Brethren; being first offended without any just cause given, and then giving just cause of offence. Had we once learned to expound each others actions, speeches, and opinions, by the rules of Charity, we should not so often, no nor at all break the Laws of Love. We shall make a good improvement of this failing in Jobs Friend, if it may be our warning (in dealing) to deal better with our Friends.