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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.
First, To his friends, who it seems, were very sensible that he put scorns upon them. Zophar complaineth of it (Chap: 11.3.) When thou mockest shall no man make thee ashamed; As if he had said, when thou hast mocked and derided us, shall we let thee alone, and say nothing? shall we suffer our selves to be abused and pass it by in silence? ought we not to tell thee of it, and rebuke ⟨p. 535⟩thee for it openly, and to thy face, that thou mayest see thy error and be ashamed of it?
First, To his friends, who it seemes, were very sensible that he put scornes upon them. Zophar complaineth of it (Chap: 11.3.) When thou mockest shall no man make thee ashamed; As if he had sayd, when thou hast mocked and derided us, shall we let thee alone, and say nothing? shall we suffer our selves to be abused and passe it by in silence? ought we not to tell thee of it, and rebuke ⟨p. 535⟩thee for it openly, and to thy face, that thou mayest see thy error and be ashamed of it?
Secondly, (which is yet higher, and I judge too high) his scorning is referred by some to the dealings and providences of God,1 as if he had spoken of them with a kind of scorn, at least with that irreverence, and slightness of spirit, which Eliphaz did early and earnestly admonish him of (Chap: 5.17.) Despise not thou the chastening of the Lord; and which the Apostle calls The exhortation, which speaketh unto us as unto children (Heb: 12.5.) My son despise not thou the chastening of the Lord. Thus also Elihu may in a qualified sense be understood charging Job with drinking up scorning like water. As if upon the whole matter he had said, Job hath drunk scorn till he is almost drunken with it, at least, he is so full of it, that he pours it out upon every one that comes near him, and which is worst of all, he speaks so unbecomingly, that we shall not much wrong him, if we say he hath spoken or acted despisingly (which is a degree of speaking or acting scornfully) concerning the chastenings of God upon him.