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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¹What, is my complaint this day accounted rebellion? as if I did contumaciously set my self against God, while I am pouring out my sorrows before him; whereas indeed, my complaint is rather rebellious or stout against your consolations, it yields not to them, nor is at all abated by them. The way or course which you take to comfort me, is too weak to grapple with, much more is it too weak to conquer and subdue my sorrows.

¹What, is my complaint this day accounted rebellion? as if I did contumaciously set my selfe against God, while I am powring out my sorrows before him; whereas indeed, my complaint is rather rebellious or stout against your consolations, it yeelds not to them, nor is at all abated by them. The way or course which you take to comfort me, is too weake to graple with, much more is it too weake to conquer and subdue my sorrows.

1Etiam hoc die, contumacia, (habetur) querimonia mea? Contuman est questus meus, perstat. q. d. non paret non cedet solatijs vestris. Rab. Sol:

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Yet further, This sense and translation of the word, may be applied to that speech of Eliphaz in the former Chapter (ver. 21.) exhorting Job to acquaint himself with God, and to be at peace. As if he had said, Leave off thy distances, lay down the weapons of that most unholy war which thou hast taken up against God. To which close rebuke Job answers here, what? Is my complaint to God looked upon by you as a combat with God? or do ye think that while I beg pity and favour of God, I have bid him defiance, or declared my self his enemy? What else can be the meaning of it, that you exhort me so seriously to reconcile my self to God? He that is called to make peace with another, is supposed to be at war with him, or at least to bear him ill will. So then, according to this rendering, and interpretation of the Text, the drift of his speech is to show how little ground there was, yea how unjust it was, that he should be accused of rebellion and contumacy against God, while he was only

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