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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:75p. 19

Righteousness is two-fold: First of Justification (so some understand it here) Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art justified? Or secondly there is a righteousness in Conversation, so most understand it here; Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art holy? Which is the same with the latter clause of the Text, That thou makest thy way perfect.

Righteousnesse is two-fold: First of Justification (so some understand it here) Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art justified? Or secondly there is a righteousnesse in Conversation, so most understand it here; Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art holy? Which is the same with the latter clause of the Text, That thou makest thy way perfect.

:76p. 19–20

Further, the word signifies to plead our own justice, as well as to have a justice or righteousness of our own. And thus it ⟨p. 20⟩may be Expounded in this place.¹ Is it any pleasure to the Almighty that thou art righteous, that is, that Thou dost justify thy self or (as Mr. Broughton) pleadest justice. Dost thou justify thy self, or stand upon thine own integrity, and then think to please God,² or to carry the day against man, upon those terms? Is it any pleasure to the Almighty? That word fully hits the design of Eliphaz, it signifies both Almighty and All-sufficient, one that hath all in his own compa••, that needs not go out of himself to fetch in any supplies or aid from abroad. He is self-sufficient, and he hath a sufficiency for all others. Is it any pleasure to this Almighty one, that thou dost thus justify thy self?

Further, the word signifies to plead our own justice, as wel as to have a justice or righteousnesse of our own. And thus it ⟨p. 20⟩

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