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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 8-10
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.
The word which we render exceeded, 1comes from a root that signifieth a strong, or mighty man, and in the Verb, to act strongly and mightily; as if Elihu had said, He showeth them that they have sinned like Giants and mighty men, they have sinned greatly, grievously. And 'tis possible for those that are righteous in their state to sin greatly; not only to transgress, but to exceed in their transgressions, that they have exceeded.
The word which we render exceeded, 1comes from a root that signifieth a strong, or mighty man, and in the Verb, to act strongly and mightily; as if Elihu had said, He sheweth them that they have sinned like Giants and mighty men, they have sinned greatly, grievously. And 'tis possible for those that are righteous in their state to sin greatly; not only to transgresse, but to exceed in their transgressions, that they have exceeded.
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Hence Note, First, There is an excessiveness, or an exceedingness in some sins.
All men sin, but the sins of all men, at least all the sins of all good men, do not exceed; they are not all of a high stature, they are not all strong and mighty sins, as the Lord by his Prophet called those of Israel (Amos 5.12.) We usually distinguish of sins; some are sins in the excess, and some in the defect; Prodigality is a sin in the excess, and Parsimony is a sin in the defect; Superstition is a sn in the excess, when men will worship God more than he requires, or in what he requires not; Profaneness, or neglect of Worship, as also negligence in Worship, are sins in defect. Thus some sins are in the excess, others in the defect, yet every transgression hath a kind of excess in it, and some ae exceedingly excessive. And because when any exceedingly exceed in sinning their sins may be said to reign; therefore (I suppose) M. Broughton translates this Text so, And that their trespasses reigned. For, though as to a course of sin, it is inconsistent