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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.
Thou hast said, It profiteth a man nothing to delight himself in God, is a very severe censure; And though Joh did not deserve it fully, yet he might have expressed himself more commodiously and profitably. Just consequences from what we say, may be charged upon us as our sayings. Indeed to wire-draw words or strain consequences from them, is very unchristian. Some deal so with the holy Scriptures (2 Pet: 3.16.) Wresting them to their own destruction; They torture and stretch them upon the tenters to their own hurt. And to wrest a mans words, or as the Prophet speaks (Isa: 29.21.) To make a man an offender for a word, is an act of great uncharitableness towards man, and to God an high offence (Not but that a man may be an offender for his words; nor can a man be more truly an offender for any words, then when he speaks reproachfully or slightly of the works of God) But when men speak such words as are real offences, and yield foul consequences, fairly, they must bear the burden. And that was Jobs case here.
Thou hast sayd, It profiteth a man nothing to delight himselfe in God, is a very severe censure; And though Joh did not deserve it fully, yet he might have expressed himselfe more commodiously and profitably. Just consequences from what we say, may be charged upon us as our sayings. Indeed to wier-draw words or straine consequences from them, is very unchristian. Some deale so with the holy Scriptures (2 Pet: 3.16.) Wresting them to their owne destruction; They torture and stretch them upon the tenters to their owne hurt. And to wrest a mans words, or as the Prophet speakes (Isa: 29.21.) To make a man an offender for a word, is an act of great uncharitableness towards man, and to God an high offence (Not but that a man may be an offender for his words; nor can a man be more truly an offender for any words, then when he speakes reproachfully or sleightly of the workes of God) But when men speak such words as are reall offences, and yeild foule consequences, fairly, they must beare the burden. And that was Jobs case here.
But some may say, If Job never spake these words in terms, nor any words like them, with such an intent, why doth he suffer Elihu to to accuse him, and not take off his accusation, nor give a word of answer for himself? Why did he not vindicate himself, or make his Apology?