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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 15-16
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Here is another hard censure, upon this good, this holy, and wise man Job. Some Expounders fall heavy upon Elihu, as charging Job too far; he spake (say they) many things that were right, but not rightly; he spake many things that were true, but he did not speak truly in fixing them upon Job; he spake all uprightly, but somewhat too rigorously: And indeed, if he had charged him so far, as to say, he had no knowledge at all, and had not opened his mouth at all to purpose, he had charged him beyond both truth and modesty. But Elihu, who was set up by God for this very end to humble Job, had ground to tell him, that as to some things, he had both opened his mouth in vain, and multiplied words without knowledge; that is, he had spoken many words which seemed not to proceed from any sound or well-grounded knowledge; and I may give a four-fold ground of it.
Here is another hard censure, upon this good, this holy, and wise man Job. Some Expositers fall heavy upon Elihu, as charging Job too far; he spake (say they) many things that were right, but not rightly; he spake many things that were true, but he did not speak truly in fixing them upon Job; he spake all uprightly, but somewhat too rigorously: And indeed, if he had charged him so far, as to say, he had no knowledge at all, and had not opened his mouth at all to purpose, he had charged him beyond both truth and modesty. But Elihu, who was set up by God for this very end to humble Job, had ground to tell him, that as to some things, he had both opened his mouth in vaine, and multiplied words without knowledge; that is, he had spoken many words which seemed not to proceed from any sound or well-grounded knowledge; and I may give a four-fold ground of it.
First, Because he had not sufficiently attended and magnified the Sovereignty of God, in laying those afflictions upon him.
First, Because he had not sufficiently attended and magnified the Soveraignty of God, in laying those afflictions upon him.