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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655
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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.
First, That he hath a principle of righteousness in him, that he be not biassed and turned aside from doing right indifferently without respect of persons.
First, That he hath a principle of righteousnes in him, that he be not byassed and turned aside from doing right indifferently without respect of persons.
Secondly, That he hath a principle of light in him, that he be (as Jethro adviseth Moses) a man of knowledge. Both these meet perfectly in God; He is just and righteous in all his ways, and he knows all our ways. Some Earthly Judges err for want of a Principle of righteousness; and so in things which they plainly know and see as clear as the light, are ready to be drawn and wrought off by respects and interests. Again, there are other Earthly Judges, who are right and honest enough in their Principles, nothing can take them off, or mislead them to the right hand or to the left, but they want knowledge and understanding to discern between good and evil, right & wrong, they cannot see into the merit of the Cause, or the integrity of the person before them, and thereupon stumble in Judgement. Indeed the best of Earthly Judges cannot always (when they have done their best) find out who hath the good Cause, and who hath the bad; and many times they that plead blind them with their Rhetoric, setting a fair gloss upon a foul Cause, or making a fair Cause look foul, and so the Judge is deluded; seeing he judgeth of things as witnessed and represented, as alleged and legally proved, and so it may fall out that while he judgeth righteously, his judgement may not be right. But we (as Job here) have cause to rejoice ⟨p. 379⟩that we have to do with a Judge, who as he is both righteous and knowing, so he knows all things and persons in themselves, and not from others. He needs not that any should testify of man, for he knoweth what is in man (Joh. 2.25.) He knows the way that is in me, or the way that I take: and as it follows; When he hath tried me I shall come forth as gold.