An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…

The word here used, notes sin in the least degree,¹ any error or ⟨p. 30⟩deviation from the Rule; but it comprehends sins of the highest degree, even such as the Prophet calls (Amos 5.12.) Mighty sins. If thou sinnest at the greatest rate, at the height of blasphemy, What dost thou against him?

1. 1[Greek or Hebrew] Erravi•.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Erravi•.

¹The Hebrew is, What workest thou against him? Properly the word signifieth only to work; we render it by working against, that is, to the hurt and disadvantage of another, to his mischief and undoing. As if he had said, If thou shouldest set thy shoulder to the work, if thou shouldest do evil with both hands greedily, yet thou canst make no work of it in this matter, what dost thou against him? what hurt hath he by it? And to assure Job that he hath none, nor can have any, Elihu serves him up the same Mess in another Dish of words, in the close of the verse.

¹The Hebrew is, What workest thou against him? Properly the word signifieth only to work; we render it by working against, that is, to the hurt and disadvan•age of another, to his mischief and undoing. As if he had said, If thou shouldest set thy shoulder to the work, if thou shouldest do evil with both hands greedily, yet thou canst make no work of it in this matter, what dost thou against him? what hurt hath he by it? And to assure Job that he hath none, nor can have any, Elihu serves him up the same Messe in another Dish of words, in the close of the verse.