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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 1-3
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Hence Note; As God will not conceal the praises of his servants when they do well, so he will not conceal their faults, nor forbear to reprove them, when they either do or speak amiss.
When Satan came upon that solemn day, and stood before the Lord, God said unto him, Hast that considered my servant Job, that there's none like him in all the earth, a man perfect and upright; so perfect and upright both in his walking with me, and in his dealing with man, that he hath not his fellow? Thus God spake of him as to his former state. But now after Job had spoken long in this dispute, and had let fall some unwary and unbecoming speeches, see how God speaks to him, Who is this? as if he had been a man scarce worth the naming or speaking to. God will not flatter his Servants; if they do or speak what is not right, they are like to hear of it. Wherein he had spoken what was not right, or what his fault was, appears in the next words, Who is this That darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
When Satan came upon that solemn day, and stood before the Lord, God said unto him, Hast that considered my servant Job, that there's none like him in all the earth, a man perfect and upright; so perfect and upright both in his walking with me, and in his dealing with man, that he hath not his fellow? Thus God spake of him as to his former state. But now after Job had spoken long in this dispute, and had let fall some unwary and unbecoming speeches, see how God speakes to him, Who is this? as if he had been a man scarce worth the naming or speaking to. God will not flatter his Servants; if they do or speak what is not right, they are like to hear of it. Wherein he had spoken what was not right, or what his fault was, appeares in the next words, Who is this That darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge?
Words against knowledge are the worst words that can be spoken; the Lord did not charge Job thus far: words without knowledge are very bad, and thus far the Lord charged the words of Job, as also with that which is an unavoidable effect of such words,