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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.
Secondly, A pleasing desire, or delightful desire.
Secondly, A pleasing desire, or delightfull desire.
The highest act of desire is delight; delight is the intention and strength of affection,1 or desire at rest. As if Elihu had said, I have not spoken out of ill will to thee, or desire of victory over thee, nor would any thing be more welcome news to my soul, then to see just cause of justifying thee; it doth not please me at all to prove that thou art not just, it would extremely please me, even ravish my heart with joy if thou couldst prove thy self or thy cause so just and faultless, that nothing could be blamed or reproved in either. I desire to justify thee.
The highest act of desire is delight; delight is the intention and strength of affection,1 or desire at rest. As if Elihu had sayd, I have not spoken out of ill will to thee, or desire of victory over thee, nor would any thing be more welcome newes to my soule, then to see just cause of justifying thee; it doth not please me at all to prove that thou art not just, it would extreamly please me, even ravish my heart with joy if thou couldst prove thy selfe or thy cause so just and faultlesse, that nothing could be blamed or reproved in either. I desire to justifie thee.
- 1Non mihi volupi est, ut tu im causam injustā estendam, velim enim esse justam nec esse in te quod reprehendi possit. Merc: [Greek or Hebrew] est non modo pietatis sed et veritatis laudem tribuere; significat see magis propendere ad defendendum quam increpandum. Coc:Non mihi volupi est, ut tu im causam injustā estendam, velim enim esse justam nec esse in te quod reprehendi possit. Merc: 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 est non modo pietatis sed et veritatis laudem tribuere; significat se magis propendere ad defendendum quam increpandum. Coc: