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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.
I have met with these words two or three times already since I entered upon this Chapter, and therefore I shall not stay upon them here; And as this anger of Elihu was spoken of before, so the same reason which was given before of his anger is repeated and reported hear again; Then his wrath was kindled because they had no answer in their mouths, that is, because they had no more to say against Job whom they had condemned; and because they had no more to say for God whose cause in afflicting Job they had defended; I shall only add a few brief Notes upon this Verse, and so pass on.
I have met with these words two or three times already since I entred upon this Chapter, and therefore I shall not stay upon them here; And as this anger of Elihu was spoken of before, so the same reason which was given before of his anger is repeated and reported hear again; Then his wrath was kindled because they had no answer in their mouths, that is, because they had no more to say against Job whom they had condemned; and because they had no more to say for God whose cause in afflicting Job they had defended; I shall only adde a few brief Notes upon this Verse, and so passe on.
First, Some men answer till they have no more to answer.
'Tis very possible for a good and a wise man to be at the bottom of his reason, in some points, or to be brought to such a wall, that he can go no further; David saith, I have seen an end of all perfection, which as it is true of all outward commodities and conveniences, which men enjoy, so both of their corporal and intellectual abilities, or of what they can either do or say. The best of men may see the end of their best perfections in all things, but Grace, and the hope of Glory. Their stock and treasure may be quite spent, their spring exhausted, and they gone ro their utmost line and length. There's no more answer in their mouth, nor work in their hand.