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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, There are also titles and surnames, which are mere pieces of flattery, there being no worth in the person that may justly deserve them. 'Tis not sinful to give titles, but as we translate to give flattering titles unto men. We should call men as they are, and as they deserve; I will call a spade a spade, (saith Elihu) he that is good I will call him good, and he that is bad I will call him bad; and that which is ill done I will say it is ill done; Let me not give flattering titles unto men.
Secondly, There are also titles and sirnames, which are meere pieces of flattery, there being no worth in the person that may justly deserve them. 'Tis not sinfull to give titles, but as we translate to give flattering titles unto men. We should call men as they are, and as they deserve; I will call a spade a spade, (saith Elihu) he that is good I will call him good, and he that is bad I will call him bad; and that which is ill done I will say it is ill done; Let me not give flattering titles unto men.
Hence observe.
Flattery is iniquity: to give flattering titles unto men is to transgress the Law of God.
Flattery is iniquity: to give flattering titles unto men is to transgresse the Law of God.