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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 2
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From the scope of Eliphaz in this part of his reproof, we may observe:
From the scope of Eliphaz in this part of his reproofe, we may observe:
First, That violent passions are the disguise of a wise man. We cannot see who he is, while he acts unlike himself: anger lodgeth in the bosom of fools; and when it doth but intrude into the bosom of a wise man, he (for the time) looks like a fool.
First, That violent passions are the disguise of a wise man. We cannot see who he is, while he acts unlike himselfe: anger lodgeth in the bosome of fooles; and when it doth but intrude into the bosome of a wise man, he (for the time) looks like a foole.
Secondly, Passions in the mind are like a tempest in the air, they disturb others much, but our selves more: Many a man (like a Ship at Sea) hath been overset and sunk with the violent gusts and whirl-winds of his own Spirit.
Secondly, Passions in the minde are like a tempest in the ayre, they disturbe others much, but our selves more: Many a man (like a Ship at Sea) hath been overset and sunke with the violent gusts and whirle-whinds of his owne Spirit.