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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.
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 Because they had found no rational answer, and yet had condemned Job. They did not find out nor hit upon the right answer. Improper and insufficient answers, how many soever of them we heap up against any mans argument, are no answers, they are not worthy to be called answers. That only is an answer which carrieth a conviction in it, which reacheth the state and strength of the question, or removeth the objection. In this sense Jobs three friends had 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 latine translation puts this glosse (which is more then the rules of translation allow) into the text, rendring the originall thus;1 Because they had found no rationall answer, and yet had condemned Job. They did not find out nor hit upon the right answer. Improper and insufficient answers, how many soever of them we heape up against any mans argument, are no answers, they are not worthy to be called answers. That only is an answer which carrieth a conviction in it, which reacheth the state and strength of the question, or removeth the objection. In this sence Jobs three friends had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job.