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…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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.

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655

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These two verses have variety of expressions, but the intendment of all is one and the same, Snares and fears, and darkness, and abundance of waters, signify all manner of evils; All these are upon thee, because thou hast sent widows away empty, and hast suffered the Arms of the fatherless to be broken; because thou hast done these things, therefore Snares are round about thee.

THese two verses have variety of expressions, but the intendment of all is one and the same, Snares and feares, and darknesse, and abundance of waters, signifie all manner of evills; All these are upon thee, because thou hast sent widows away empty, and hast suffered the Armes of the fatherlesse to be broken; because thou hast done these things, therefore Snares are round about thee.

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Some render the Original Text to another sense,¹ not as bearing an effect of the former words, not as if he had been punished with these evils for those sins, but as if these evils had caused him to sin; and so the words are expounded, as a kind of scorn; as if Eliphaz had said, When thou didst those things, no doubt snares, or fears, or darkness, or waters came upon thee, thou was forced by suffering these evils, to do all this evil, wast thou not? was it not because thou wast pressed with snares and fears and darkness and waters, that thou didst oppress the widow and the fatherless? All which Questions are reducible to these plain Negations. Thou wast not pressed with any of these perplexities upon thy self, to oppress the poor; there was no snare, no nor any fear near thee, darkness did not hinder thy sight, nor did the waters of affliction cover thee; Thou hast not been thrust upon sin by these temptations, nor constrained by the moral violence of any incumbent necessity, but hast done it freely: to sin even in this manner and at this height, hath not been thy refuge, but thy choice; Thou hast not acted these iniquities by any instigation either from persons or providences, but upon thine own election. This is a fair sense and a mighty reproof; seeing (as was lately noted) every evil we do is by so much the worse, by how much we have had the less provocation, or solicitation to do it.

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