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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.
There are two things which we are very ready to do towards those we bear no good will un•o, or whom we account our enemies. First, to diminish the good which they do, to speak lightly of, and under-value their most praise-worthy deeds. Ill will never spake well either of persons or actions. Secondly, whom we love not as friends, especially whom we hate as enemies, we are prone to heighten their faults, and double their failings; we (mostly) look on the evil deeds of an enemy in a multiplying, or in a magnifying glass; we make one fault many, ⟨p. 222⟩and a little one great. A true friend will speak the most of what is well done, and the least he can, with truth, of what is ill; He is so far from seeking occasions against whom he loves, that he will hardly see them, when finds them unsought. A noble enemy will not seek occasions against a man, much less will a cordial friend. It is no wonder when Job is taxed with saying, God sought occasions against him, that he should also say, He counteth me for his enemy.
There are two things which we are very ready to doe towards those we beare no good will un•o, or whom we account our enemies. First, to diminish the good which they doe, to speak lightly of, and under-value their most prayse-worthy deeds. Ill will never spake well either of persons or actions. Secondly, whom we love not as friends, especially whom we hate as enemies, we are prone to highten their faults, and double their faylings; we (mostly) look on the evill deeds of an enemy in a multiplying, or in a magnifying glass; we make one fault many, ⟨p. 222⟩and a little one great. A true friend will speak the most of what is well done, and the least he can, with truth, of what is ill; He is so farre from seeking occasions against whom he loves, that he will hardly see them, when findes them unsought. A noble enemy will not seeke occasions against a man, much lesse will a cordiall friend. It is no wonder when Job is taxed with saying, God sought occasions against him, that he should also say, He counteth me for his enemy.