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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 36 › Verses 1-4
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.
Here begins Elihu's own Preface,1 the aim or tendency of which is to gain Jobs attention and subscription to what he had to say, and he suggesteth four Arguments or Motives in these three Verses, to draw out the attention of Job, and likewise to gain his submission to what he should lay before him.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Hoc significatu chaldaicum est. Drus.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Hoc significatu chaldaicum est. Drus.
First, He gives him an Argument from his intended brevity, I'll be short, I mean not to be tedious, I will not tire thee, nor wear out thy patience with a long Discourse: Suffer me a little.
First, He gives him an Argument from his intended brevity, I'le be short, I mean not to be tedious, I will not tire thee, nor wear out thy patience with a long Discourse: Suffer me a little.
His second Argument is taken from the greatness of the Person, in whose name and behalf he was about to speak: As if he had said, Hear me, for it is not my own Cause, nor the Cause of any man that I have in hand, I speak for God, Suffer me a little, and I will show thee, what I have yet to say for God.
His second Argument is taken from the greatness of the Person, in whose name and behalf he was about to speak: As if he had said, Hear me, for it is not my own Cause, nor the Cause of any man that I have in hand, I speak for God, Suffer me a little, and I will shew thee, what I have yet to say for God.