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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
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.
This Chapter begins the last Act, or Conclusion of that great Disputation between Job and his three Friends, held forth in this Book. We have heard Jobs three Friends strongly charging him: We have heard Job stiffly defending himself: We have heard Elihu, though moderating the matter between them, yet sharply reproving him. Elihu was indeed a quick, ⟨p. 2⟩but a necessary reprover, provided and sent by God:
THis Chapter begins the last Act, or Conclusion of that great Disputation between Job and his three Friends, held forth in this Book. We have heard Jobs three Friends strongly charging him: We have heard Job stiffely defending himself: We have heard Elihu, though moderating the matter between them, yet sharply reproving him. Elihu was indeed a quick, ⟨p. 2⟩but a necessary reprover, provided and sent by God:
First, To calm and cool Jobs spirit, disquieted by enduring sharp afflictions from the hand of God, and heated by hea•ing those sharper accusations from the tongues of men.
First, To calm and coole Jobs spirit, di•quieted by enduring sharp afflictions from the hand of God, and heated by hea•ing those sharper accusations from the tongues of men.
Secondly, To reclaim him from those over-eager defences of his own integrity, and likewise from those over-passionate complaints ab•ut the dealings of God, to a better and more submissive temper of spirit towards him, as also to lower thoughts of himself.