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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
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Fourthly, When he saith, Truly, my words shall not be false, we may take it two ways: First, As to the matter spoken; Secondly, As to the mind of the Speaker: when truth is thus spoken, tis truly spoken; thus much Elihu engaged for: As if he had said, The matter that I speak, shall be true, and I will speak it in truth, or with a true mind and heart; I will not speak any thing to flatter thee, nor for my own ends, to trouble thee; my words shall be candid and sincere, as well as found and orthodox: I will speak the truth, and speak it in truth. Some speak that which is false (as I may say) in the sincerity of their heart, thinking it to be true; and ⟨p. 154⟩others speak truth in the falseness of their heart, that is, they have some by ends in speaking it; from both those Elihu here clears himself, and with both these Job had taxed his Friends, Chap. 13.7. Chap. 17.5.
Fourthly, When he saith, Truly, my words shall not be false, we may take it two wayes: First, As to the matter spoken; Secondly, As to the mind of the Speaker: when truth is thus spoken, tis truly spoken; thus much Elihu engag'd for: As if he had said, The matter that I speak, shall be true, and I will speak it in truth, or with a true mind and heart; I will not speak any thing to flatter thee, nor for my own ends, to trouble thee; my words shall be candid and sincere, as well as found and orthodox: I will speak the truth, and speak it in truth. Some speak that which is false (as I may say) in the sincerity of their heart, thinking it to be true; and ⟨p. 154⟩others speak truth in the falseness of their heart, that is, they have some by ends in speaking it; from both those Elihu here clears himself, and with both these Job had taxed his Friends, Chap. 13.7. Chap. 17.5.
Hence observe; It is the highest Commendation of a Speaker, to speak truth, and the higher the Truth, the higher the Commendation of the Speaker.