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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.
What, condemn a man, and not answer him? 'tis worse then to condemn a man, and not hear him. Possibly he that is condemned unheard, may yet deserve a condemnation; But if we condemn a man unanswered, he certainly, as to us, is condemned undeservedly. And therefore this course of proceeding (if any) is liable not only to suspicion whether it be right, but to condemnation as utterly unrighteous. Though it may be a good mans case not to find an answer, yet surely a good man will not condemn when he cannot answer.
What, condemne a man, and not answer him? 'tis worse then to condemne a man, and not heare him. Possibly he that is condemned unheard, may yet deserve a condemnation; But if we condemne a man unanswered, he certainly, as to us, is condemned undeservedly. And therefore this course of proceeding (if any) is liable not only to suspition whether it be right, but to condemnation as utterly unrighteous. Though it may be a good mans case not to find an answer, yet surely a good man will not condemne when he cannot answer.
But it may be demanded; Did Jobs friends indeed find no answer before they condemned him? we have heard of their answers all along. No sooner had Job ended his former speeches, but they presently answered (Chap. 4.1.) Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said (Chap. 8, 1.) Then answered Bildad the Shuhite and said (Chap. 11.1.) Then answered Zophar the Naamathite and said; yea they all three answered Job a second time, and two of them a Third, how then could Elihu justly say, they found no answer, and yet had condemned Job?
For answer to this objection; I say, They answered Job, but they did not answer sufficiently. The vulgar latin translation puts this gloss (which is more then the rules of translation allow) into the text, rendering the original thus;1