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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 40 › Verse 3-5
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First, The old Latin translation saith thus,1 I have spoken lightly; how shall I answer thee? Ours refers to his person, I am light, or, I am vile; that to his words, I have spoken lightly. To speak lightly, or vainly, is to be vain and light. Some words have a great deal of weight in them: words of truth, words of soberness, ⟨p. 512⟩holy words, gracious words, are weighty words; evil words, impertinent words, unprofitable words, specially corrupt, filthy, sinful words, are light words; how many words soever of those sorts any man speaks, they are all light words, they have not a grain of goodness, and therefore not a grain of weightiness in them. That's a good sense.
First, The old Latine translation saith thus,1 I have spoken lightly; how shall I answer thee? Ours refers to his person, I am light, or, I am vile; that to his words, I have spoken lightly. To speak lightly, or vainly, is to be vain and light. Some words have a great deal of weight in them: words of truth, words of soberness, ⟨p. 512⟩holy words, gracious words, are weighty words; evil words, impertinent words, unprofitable words, specially corrupt, filthy, sinful words, are light words; how many words soever of those sorts any man speaks, they are all light words, they have not a grain of goodness, and therefore not a grain of weightiness in them. That's a good sense.
- 1Qui leviter loquutus sum respondere quid possum. Vulg.
1Secondly, One of the Greek translators renders, Behold, I have done, or, acted lightly. There is lightness in our actions as well as in our speeches. We say, such a man is of a light, that is, of a vain carriage; and we say of another, he is a grave man, or there is gravity in his carriage. Thus some speak and act gravely, or weightily; others speak and act loosely, lightly. When Job saith, Behold, I am vile, it may take in both, I have spoken lightly, I have done lightly, and therefore I am light, therefore I am vile, or contemptible.