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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.
Is it fit to say to a King thou art wicked?
Is this a comely thing? Or will Kings endure it? And if so, doth it become thee, O Job, to speak hardly of God? Or will he endure it? Elihu did not charge Job with speaking evil of God directly; but would intimate to him, that while he was so unquiet under the afflicting hand of God, and pressed him so often for a further hearing of his cause, he did very dangerously reflect upon his Justice; and that seeing we stand in awe of Kings and Sovereign Princes, and dare not misbehave our selves before them, nor let fall an unreverend word concerning them, how durst he presume to speak any thing unseemly of God? Is it fit to say to a King, Thou art wicked.
Is this a comly thing? Or will Kings endure it? And if so, doth it become thee, O Job, to speak hardly of God? Or will he endure it? Elihu did not charge Job with speaking evil of God directly; but would intimate to him, that while he was so unquiet under the afflicting hand of God, and pressed him so often for a further hearing of his cause, he did very dangerously reflect upon his Justice; and that seeing we stand in awe of Kings and Soveraigne Princes, and dare not misbehave our selves before them, nor let fall an unreverend word concerning them, how durst he presume to speak any thing unseemly of God? Is it fit to say to a King, Thou art wicked.
Kings are supreme, they are clothed with Sovereign power over all persons within their Dominion; Is it therefore fit to use such course language, such down-right unhewn speeches in ⟨p. 622⟩any address to them? Is it fit to say to a King, Thou art wicked? The original word imports the worst sort, the most infamous among wicked men; So Mr Broughton renders, Is it meet that one say to a King, Belial? Some give it in the Vocative case, Is it meet for a subject to say to his Sovereign, O thou Belial! O thou wicked one? Dare any speak thus to a King?