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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 15-17
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Therefore Secondly, Thou hast fulfilled the judgement of the wicked, may be understood, first, that Job had gone near, in his behaviour under his affliction, to do even almost as Satan boasted, and presumed to God he would do, in the second Chapter, that if God did but lay his hand home or closer upon him, and touch his bone and his flesh, then (said Satan) he will curse thee to thy face. Now, though Job did never, in the height, fulfil this wicked opinion or judgement of the Devil concerning him, yet by his often complainings of, and murmurings about the severe dealings of God with him, and his not pitying him in his distress, he verged upon it, he came somewhat towards, and much too near ⟨p. 291⟩the fulfilling of that judgement of the wicked one; and Elihu might say, Thou hast fulfilled the judgement of the wicked, thou hast done (in a degree or show) as the Devil said thou wouldst, if the hand of God were heavy upon thy body.
Therefore Secondly, Thou hast fulfilled the judgement of the wicked, may be understood, first, that Job had gone near, in his behaviour under his affliction, to do even almost as Satan boasted, and presumed to God he would do, in the second Chapter, that if God did but lay his hand home or closer upon him, and touch his bone and his flesh, then (said Satan) he will curse thee to thy face. Now, though Job did never, in the height, fulfill this wicked opinion or judgement of the Devil concerning him, yet by his often complainings of, and murmurings about the severe dealings of God with him, and his not pittying him in his distress, he verged upon it, he came somewhat towards, and much too near ⟨p. 291⟩the fulfilling of that judgement of the wicked one; and Elihu might say, Thou hast fulfilled the judgement of the wicked, thou hast done (in a degree or shew) as the Devil said thou wouldst, if the hand of God were heavy upon thy body.
Secondly, These words, Thou hast fulfilled the judgement of the wicked, may have this meaning, Thou hast rendered thy self guilty of, or obnoxious to, that judgement which God useth to pronounce and execute upon wicked men.