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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 6
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.
Vers. 6. Thine own mouth condemneth thee, and not I, thine own lips testify against thee.
Vers. 6. Thine owne mouth condemneth thee, and not I, thine owne lips testifie against thee.
This Verse hath nothing in it that needs a Comment. The intendment of it may be thus given, It is as clear as the light that thou castest off fear, and restrainest prayer before God; for as much as thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, 1and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty; these things are so plain that I need not prove them, thine own mouth shall condemn thee, and not I. As the Judge said at Christs trial; What need we any witness, ye have heard his blasphemy, Matth. 26.65. Witnesses of old were wont to put their hand upon the head of the offender, and say, It is thy own wickedness which condemns thee, and not we; much more doth their wickedness condemn them, who may justly be condemned without witness.
This Verse hath nothing in it that needs a Comment. The intendment of it may be thus given, It is as cleare as the light that thou castest off feare, and restrainest prayer before God; for as much as thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, 1and thou hast chosen the tongue of the crafty; these things are so plaine that I need not prove them, thine owne mouth shall condemne thee, and not I. As the Judge said at Christs tryall; What need we any witnesse, ye have heard his blasphemy,