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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.
Before, he said, the righteous see it and are glad, now he saith, the innocent laugh them to scorn: it is one thing for a man to be glad in himself, and another thing to laugh other men to scorn; for though to be innocent carries in it somewhat less, or at the most but so much as to be righteous, yet to laugh the unrighteous and wicked to scorn when they fall, carries in it much more then to be glad when they fall.1 And besides, the word in the Hebrew, signifies, the most scornful laughter, such a laughter as is expressed, by a distortion of the mouth, and lips, or by a kind of feigned lisping with the tongue, and artificial faltering in speech; For as they that lisp and falter in speech are usually derided and laughed at, so they that deride and laugh at others will purposely lisp, or falter in speech. Stammerers are contemptible, and many stammer at others in contempt; This imitation of a defect in nature shows the excess of malice. Such is the force of this expression, The innocent laugh them to scorn.
Before, he sayd, the righteous see it and are glad, now he sayth, the innocent laugh them to scorne: it is one thing for a man to be glad in himselfe, and another thing to laugh other men to scorne; for though to be innocent carries in it somewhat lesse, or at the most but so much as to be righteous, yet to laugh the unrighteous and wicked to scorne when they fall, carries in it much more then to be glad when they fall.1 And besides, the word in the Hebrew, signifies, the most scornefull laughter, such a laughter as is expressed, by a distortion of the mouth, and lips, or by a kinde of fained lisping with the tongue, and artificiall faultring in speech; For as they that lispe and faulter in speech are usually derided and laught at, so they that deride and laugh at others will purposely lispe, or faulter in speech. Stammerers are contemptible, and many stammer at others in contempt; This imitation of a defect in nature shewes the excesse of malice. Such is the force of this expression, The innocent laugh them to scorne.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] denotat gestum qui fit ore, labijs, & ficta balbutie, five quod balbutientes irrideri soleant, sive quod irrisores balbutiant, per contemptum et malignam imitationem.