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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.
These two negatives (as the negative precepts in the Law of God) are to be understood with their affirmatives! I will not accept any mans person, is, I will have and give an equal, or neither a more nor less (to the best of my understanding) then a due regard to every mans person. And, I will not give flattering titles; that is, I purpose to speak plainly, I will not complement men, but do my best to accomplish the matter. And as he assures us how he will proceed in this 11th verse, so
These two negatives (as the negative precepts in the Law of God) are to be understood with their affirmatives! I will not accept any mans person, is, I will have and give an equall, or neither a more nor lesse (to the best of my understanding) then a due regard to every mans person. And, I will not give flattering titles; that is, I purpose to speak plainly, I will not complement men, but doe my best to accomplish the matter. And as he assures us how he will proceed in this 11th verse, so
Secondly, He gives us the reasons of this his intended impartial, plain, and down-right proceeding in the 22d. These reasons are two-fold.
Secondly, He gives us the reasons of this his intended impartiall, plaine, and down-right proceeding in the 22d. These reasons are two-fold.
First, He would not do otherwise, because he could not with any content to himself. It was against the very grain of his spirit to do otherwise; his disposition lay a quite contrary way, he was a man of another genius or temper, a man of another mould and make, then to do such low and unworthy things, as accepting the persons of, or giving flattering titles unto men. He is express in this (v. 22.) I know not to give flattering titles.