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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.
Some expound Elihu speaking Ironically, at least Rhetorically, If thou hast any thing to say answer me, speak and spare not. As if he had said, Possibly thou canst set all right, and show me where I am wrong. Possibly thou thinkest I have spoken amiss, when I said, In this thou art not righteous, go to then, show me my mistake, or wherein I have misapprehended thee, make it good if thou art able against my assertion, that thou art just and righteous, even in that wherein I have endeavoured to detect thy unrighteousness. Possibly thou mayst bring me to be of thy opinion, and then surely I shall justify thee, 1and retract my censure of thee. Rhetoricians call this an Artificial prohibition, by a concession; or the admitting of another to do that, which they know, he cannot do when he hath done his utmost, or (as we say) hath left no stone unturned to do it. But I conceive, Elihu spake plainly to Job, and did not like a subtle Orator, put him upon impossibles, but like a sincere friend, soberly and seriously invited him to do and say as much as was possible in his own defence. If thou hast any thing to say, answer me.
Some expound Elihu speaking Ironically, at least Rhetorically, If thou hast any thing to say answer me, speake and spare not. As if he had sayd, Possibly thou canst set all right, and shew me where I am wrong. Possibly thou thinkest I have spoken amisse, when I sayd, In this thou art not righteous, goe to then, shew me my mistake, or wherein I have misapprehended thee, make it good if thou art able against my assertion, that thou art just and righteous, even in that wherein I have endeavoured to detect thy unrighteousness. Possibly thou mayst bring me to be of thy opinion, and then surely I shall justifie thee, 1and retract my censure of thee. Rhetoricians call this an Artificiall prohibition, by a concession; or the admitting of another to doe that, which they know, he cannot doe when he hath done his utmost, or (as we say) hath left no stone unturn'd to doe it. But I conceive, Elihu spake plainly to Job, and did not like a subtle Orator, put him upon impossibles, but like a sincere friend, soberly and seriously invited him to doe and say as much as was possible in his owne defence. If thou hast any thing to say, answer me.
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