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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.
Fourthly, (that ye may see there is exceeding much in this charge) To say so, is blasphemy, and the highest blasphemy; Why? Because it makes God a liar, •e that saith he hath no sin, doth not only deceive himself, but as much as in him lieth, he makes God a liar (v: 10.) To deceive with a lye, is the worst sort of deceivings; and what lye is worse then, or so bad as that which makes the God of truth a liar, and turns the truth of ⟨p. 204⟩God into a lye. Lay these four considerations together, and then it will appear how heavy a charge is contained in these words, when Elihu saith he had heard Job say, he was clean without transgression, he was innocent, and no iniquity in him.
Fourthly, (that ye may see there is exceeding much in this charge) To say so, is blasphemy, and the highest blasphemy; Why? Because it makes God a lyar, •e that saith he hath no sin, doth not only deceive himselfe, but as much as in him lyeth, he makes God a lyar (v: 10.) To deceive with a lye, is the worst sort of deceivings; and what lye is worse then, or so bad as that which makes the God of truth a lyar, and turnes the truth of ⟨p. 204⟩God into a lye. Lay these foure considerations together, and then it will appeare how heavie a charge is contained in these words, when Elihu saith he had heard Job say, he was cleane without transgression, he was innocent, and no iniquity in him.
Therefore, thirdly, consider a little further, what occasion had Job given Elihu to say that he had said, I am clean from transgression, &c.
Therefore, thirdly, consider a little further, what occasion had Job given Elihu to say that he had sayd, I am cleane from transgression, &c.