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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.
My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, &c.
My words shall be of the uprightnesse of my heart, &c.
The meaning is not, that the uprightness of his heart should be the subject upon which he would treat, though that be a blessed and most useful subject, yet it was not the point he intended to discuss: but when he saith, My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart, his meaning is, my words shall flow from ⟨p. 153⟩the uprightness of my heart, I will speak in the uprightness of my heart, or according to the uprightness of my heart; my words shall be upright as my heart is; the plain truth is this,1 I will speak truth plainly, I'll speak as I think, you may see the Image of my heart upon every word, I will speak without daubing, without either simulation or dissimulation. Some conceive this to be a secret reproof of, or reflection upon Jobs friends, as if Elihu had suspected them to have spoken worse of Job, then they could think him to be in their hearts. But as we cannot judge mens hearts directly, so there is no reason why we should judge so of their hearts conjecturally. It is enough to the purpose, that Elihu asserts his own uprightness without reflecting upon or suspecting the uprightness of those, who had dealt with Job before; My words shall be in the uprightness of my heart.
The meaning is not, that the uprightnesse of his heart should be the subject upon which he would treat, though that be a blessed and most usefull subject, yet it was not the poynt he intended to discusse: but when he saith, My words shall be of the uprightnesse of my heart, his meaning is, my words shall flow from ⟨p. 153⟩the uprightnesse of my heart, I will speake in the uprightnesse of my heart, or according to the uprightnesse of my heart; my words shall be upright as my heart is; the plain truth is this,