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

Secondly, Some call upon others to teach them, merely to convince them of their ignorance and inability to teach them, or to show that it is a great presumption in them to pretend to the knowledge of such things as they call upon them to teach. In this latter sense we are to understand this desire o• motion of Elihu, saying to Job, Teach us what we shall say unto him, […] is, what defence we shall make for thee, or what fo• our selves, if •e were in thy case, or had such a mind to plead with God, as thou hast expressed more than once. Elihu moves Job to teach them, knowing that he was not able to teach them, or to let him know that he had not knowledge enough to teach them in that matter. Teach us what we shall say unto him, For we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.¹

Secondly, Some call upon others to teach them, meerly to convince them of their ignorance and inability to teach them, or to shew that it is a great presumption in them to pretend to the knowledge of such things as they call upon them to teach. In this latter sense we are to understand this desire o• motion of Elihu, saying to Job, Teach us what we shall say unto him, 〈…〉 is, what defence we shall make for thee, or what fo• our selves, if •e were in thy case, or had such a mind to plead with God, as thou hast exprest more than once. Elihu moves Job to teach them, knowing that he was not able to teach them, or to let him know that he had not knowledge enough to teach them in that matter. Teach us what we shall say unto him, For we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness.¹

1. 1A fa•ie tenebrarum. Heb.