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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 › Verse 19
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Vers. 19. To whom alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them.
If any man ask who were these wise men? He answers, They were wise men, ⟨p. 82⟩To whom alone the earth was given.
If any man aske who were these wise men? He answers, They were wise men, ⟨p. 82⟩To whom alone the earth was given.
In these words Eliphaz seems to remove a prejudice that might lye in Jobs Spirit against the testimony of those Ancients: For suppose they were Wise men, yet he might say, 'tis like they were but mean men, men of no rank or quality, men of small credit or authority, and (we know what Solomon saith,1 Eccles. 9.16.) A poor mans wisdom is despised, and his words not heard: Therefore saith Eliphaz, you shall not put me off thus, nor disable my witnesses upon a supposition, that these wise men were mean men, for these were Chiefs and Princes in their Generation; And he advanceth their honour two ways; First, in regard of their riches and power, To whom alone the earth was given: Secondly, in regard of their righteous and just administrations, No stranger, or strange thing passed among them; as if he had said, Job, I speak of men that were fit to sit at the helm of a Kingdom, and govern Nations; yea, to have the reins of the World put into their hands; I speak of wise men who by their wisdom, and the blessing of God, have kept the earth quiet, and so have possessed it alone.