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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:991p. 305–306

Secondly, Whereas Job checks his friends (according to the ⟨p. 306⟩second exposition of the words) for calling or accounting his complaint rebellion.

:992p. 306

Observe; That we are apt to misunderstand and wrongfully interpret the complaints of others.

:993p. 306

Many are ready to mis-interpret that which we speak deliberately, much more what we speak passionately and complainingly; Job spake sorrowfully, and he was presently judged to speak rebelliously: he was but humbling and bemoaning himself before God, yet he was esteemed as a man rising up against and warring with God. While Hanna was making a prayerful complaint to God, Eli a good man thought she was overgone with wine (1 Sam. 1.14.) How long wilt thou be drunk, put away thy wine from thee. When the Apostles were uttering the great things of God, as some were amazed, so others mocked, saying, These men are full of new wine (Acts 2.13.) There are two sorts of words and actions most liable to mis-interpretation.

Many are ready to mis-interpret that which we speake deliberately, much more what we speake passionately and complainingly; Job spake sorrowfully, and he was presently judged to speake rebelliously: he was but humbling and bemoaning himselfe before God, yet he was esteemed as a man rising up against and warring with God. While Hanna was making a prayerfull complaint to God, Eli a good man thought she was overgon with wine (1 Sam. 1.14.) How long wilt thou be drunke, put away thy wine from thee. When the Apostles were uttering the great things of God, as some were amazed, so others mocked, saying, These men are full of new wine (

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