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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
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.
First, When we are charged to have done that evil, which we never did, then we may justify our selves by a flat denial; David did so in that case (Psal. 7.3, 4.) O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hand, &c. As if he had said, O God, thou knowest I have not done this which many burden me with. Again (Psal. 35.11.) False witness did rise up, they laid to my charge things that I knew not; I have not had so much as a thought to do that which they say I have actually done. ⟨p. 20⟩Thus he discharged himself of those crimes, which indeed he never committed nor was guilty of.
First, When we are charged to have done that evill, which we never did, then we may justifie our selves by a flat deniall; David did so in that case (Psal. 7.3, 4.) O Lord my God, if I have done this, if there be iniquity in my hand, &c. As if he had said, O God, thou knowest I have not done this which many burden me with. Againe (Psal. 35.11.) False witnesse did rise up, they laid to my charge things that I knew not; I have not had so much as a thought to do that which they say I have actually done. ⟨p. 20⟩Thus he discharged himselfe of those crimes, which indeed he never committed nor was guilty of.
Secondly, We may justify our selves lawfully, when the good we have done is charged upon us as an evil deed, or we looked upon as evil doers, when we have done, nothing for the matter, but our duty, and that in the manner according to rule. Thus when Paul had justified himself, by denying the evil which Tertullus, accused him of, (