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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, This uprightness may be opposed to partiality, I will not spare when there is cause to speak home, nor press, nor load thee with any thing where there is not cause for it.
Secondly, This uprightnesse may be oppos'd to partiality, I will not spare when there is cause to speake home, nor presse, nor load thee with any thing where there is not cause for it.
Thirdly, This uprightness in speaking,1 may also be opposed to speaking without clear ground or proof. And 'tis supposed that Elihu aimed more specially at this, Jobs friends having been so high in his reproof, charging him with divers things for which they had no proof, but only a vehement suspicion. The words of Eliphaz are full (Chap: 22. 5.) Is not thy wickedness great, and thine iniquities infinite? for thou hast taken a pledge from thy brother for nought, and stripped the naked of their Clothing: Thou hast sent widows empty away, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken: Surely Eliphaz could not speak this in the uprightness of his heart, knowing it to be so, though he spake it in this uprightness of his heart, that he really thought it to be so. Which kind of uprightness Paul had in persecuting the Saints, (Acts 26.9.) I verily thought with my self, that I ought to do many things contrary to the Name of Jesus of Nazareth. Thus Jobs friends verily thought he had done many Gross things contrary ⟨p. 154⟩to the Law of God, but they only thought so, they could not prove it; This is a lame kind of uprightness, and in opposition to this Elihu might now say, I will not charge or burden thee with any thing but what I know to be true, and had even from thy own mouth. My words shall be of the uprightness of my heart.
Thirdly, This uprightnesse in speaking,1