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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, I shall show in what sense Job said this, and how Elihu and Job do either agree, or differ in the thing.
Secondly, I shall shew in what sence Job said this, and how Elihu and Job doe either agree, or differ in the thing.
To the first, where said Job, I am righteous?
I answer; We find not this direct assertion in terms, or in so many words, but what he spake in several places amounts to it; (Chap: 13.18.) Behold, now I have ordered my cause, I know I shall be justified, (Chap: 23.10.) But he knoweth the way that I take, when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold. (Chap: 27.6.) My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go; and he insisted at large upon this point, his vindication from all unrighteousness throughout the whole 31th Chapter. There we find him making frequent imprecations (v. 5, 6, 7.) If I have walked with vanity, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even balance, that God may know mine integrity; If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands, then &c. In all which and many other passages of that Chapter, Job spake highly of his own innocency, and said in effect, I am righteous. His other friends had taken notice of this before; Eliphaz hit him with it (Chap: 4.17.) while he put those questions; Shall mortal man be more just then God? shall a man be more pure then his maker? And so did Bildad (Chap: 8.6.) If thou wert pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Nor was Zophar behind with him (Chap: 11.4.) Thou hast said, my doctrine is pure, I am clean in thine eyes.
I answer; We find not this direct assertion in termes, or in so many words, but what he spake in severall places amounts to it; (Chap: 13.18.) Behold, now I have ordered my cause, I know I shall be justified, (Chap: 23.10.) But he knoweth the way that I take, when he hath tryed me, I shall come forth as gold. (Chap: 27.6.) My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it goe; and he insisted at large upon this poynt, his vindication from all unrighteousness throughout the whole 31th Chapter. There we find him making frequent imprecations (v. 5, 6, 7.) If I have walked with vanitie, or if my foot hath hasted to deceit; Let me be weighed in an even ballance, that God may know mine integrity; If my step hath turned out of the way, and mine heart walked after mine eyes, and if any blot hath cleaved to mine hands, then &c. In all which and many other passages of that Chapter, Job spake highly of his owne innocency, and said in effect, I am righteous. His other friends had taken notice of this before; Eliphaz hit him with it (Chap: 4.17.) while he put those questions; Shall mortall man be more just then God? shall a man be more pure then his maker? And so did Bildad (Chap: 8.6.) If thou wert pure and upright, surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. Nor was Zophar behind with him (Chap: 11.4.) Thou hast sayd, my doctrine is pure, I am cleane in thine eyes.