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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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As if Job had said, truly I have nothing to answer thee; Thou, O Lord, hast given such demonstrations of thy greatness, of thy power, of the excellency of thy wisdom, of thy goodness, that I have nothing to say, but this, that I can say nothing. What shall I answer thee? I know not what to answer, or I have nothing to answer. As in a great strait, when we know not what to do, we usually say, What shall we do? So here, it showeth that Job was ⟨p. 520⟩no way able to answer, when he said, What shall I answer? The Hebrew is, What shall I return or turn back? We may exemplify this passionate interrogation, by that of the Patriarch Judah (Gen. 44.16.) when Joseph would have detained Benjamin (having found the cup in his sacks mouth) Judah said, What shall we say unto my Lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear our selves? Here are three questions to show that he had nothing to answer. First, What shall we say to my Lord? Secondly, What shall we speak? Thirdly, How shall we clear our selves? Truly, we know not what to say, nor speak, nor how to clear our selves. The plain truth is, we have nothing at all to answer for our selves, but to yield our selves to thy mercy. Thus Job, I am vile, what shall I answer thee, the great God, the holy God, the mighty God, the wise God? what shall I answer thee?
As if Job had said, truly I have nothing to answer thee; Thou, O Lord, hast given such demonstrations of thy greatness, of thy power, of the excellency of thy wisdom, of thy goodness, that I have nothing to say, but this, that I can say nothing. What shall I answer thee? I know not what to answer, or I have nothing to answer. As in a great strait, when we know not what to do, we usually say, What shall we do? So here, it sheweth that Job was ⟨p. 520⟩no way able to answer, when he said, What shall I answer? The Hebrew is, What shall I return or turn back? We may exemplifie this passionate interrogation, by that of the Patriark Judah (Gen. 44.16.) when Joseph would have detained Benjamin (having found the cup in his sacks mouth) Judah said, What shall we say unto my Lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear our selves? Here are three questions to shew that he had nothing to answer. First, What shall we say to my Lord? Secondly, What shall we speak? Thirdly, How shall we clear our selves? Truly, we know not what to say, nor speak, nor how to clear our selves. The plain truth is, we have nothing at all to answer for our selves, but to yield our selves to thy mercy. Thus Job, I am vile, what shall I answer thee, the great God, the holy God, the mighty God, the wise God? what shall I answer thee?