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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 35 › Verses 4-8
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Elihu proceeds further to prove, that as Job could not hurt God by his sins, so his righteousness and innocency were no advantage to him; and therefore it must needs follow, that his sins could only hurt, and his righteousness only profit himself, and such as were like himself.
Vers. 7. If thou be righteous, what givest thou h•m? and what receiveth he at thy hands? Vers. 8. Thy wickedness may hurt a man, as thou art; and t•y righteousness may profit the son of man.
Elihu having showed in the former verse, that the sin of m•n cannot detract any thing from, nor in the least hinder the happiness of God; proceeds in the 7th verse to show, that the sinlessness, yea that the righteousness of man cannot advantage, nor advance the happiness of God: And therefore lest he should seem to make both the sin and the righteousness of man to be of no use, he states the matter in the 8th verse, and tells us both to whom the wickedness of man is hurtful, and to whom the righteousness of man is profitable; Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousness may profit the son of man; but neither can thy wickedness hurt, nor thy righteousness help or advantage God. That's the sum of these two verses.
Elihu having shewed in the former verse, that the sin of m•n cannot detract any thing from, nor in the least hinder the happiness of God; proceeds in the 7th verse to shew, that the sinlesness, yea that the righteousness of man cannot advantage, nor advance the happiness of God: And therefore lest he should seem to make both the sin and the righteousness of man to be of no use, he states the matter in the 8th verse, and tells us both to whom the wickedness of man is hurtfull, and to whom the righteousness of man is profitable; Thy wickedness may hurt a man as thou art, and thy righteousness may profit the son of man; but neither can thy wickedness hurt, nor thy righteousness help or advantage God. That's the summe of these two verses.