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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 is a flattery in praises, and that's here professed against. This flattery in praising hath a double respect.
First, To the actions of men. 'Tis flattery to call that act good that is nought,1 that just that is unrighteous; To put titles of virtue upon those things that are vicious, to call that which is indeed a covetous act, a thrifty one, and to call that act which is cruel, just, at most but strict or severe, this is to flatter men in what they do.
First, To the actions of men. 'Tis flattery to call that act good that is nought,1 that just that is unrighteous; To put titles of vertue upon those things that are vicious, to call that which is indeed a covetous act, a thrifty one, and to call that act which is cruell, just, at most but strict or severe, this is to flatter men in what they doe.
- 1Multi sunt qui vitia virtutibus vicinis honestare contendunt & vitium omne palliant adumbrata nomenclatura è vicino subjectae virtutis. Basil: in Psal: 61.
Secondly, There is a flattery of persons, as to what they have and are, when we speak more of them then is in them, when we speak highly of them, who are low in all abilities and attainments. How grossly do they give flattering titles, who blow up very Ideors with a conceit of their learning, who extol fools for wisdom, and commend the wicked as virtuous, yea recommend them as patterns of virtue.