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fault_n and_o out_o of_o self-love_n have_v hide_v my_o iniquity_n door_n 34._o do_v i_o fear_v a_o great_a multitude_n or_o do_v the_o contempt_n of_o family_n terrify_v i_o that_o i_o keep_v silence_n and_o go_v not_o out_o of_o the_o door_n 34._o because_o i_o dread_v what_o the_o people_n will_v say_v of_o i_o or_o be_o terrify_v by_o the_o contempt_n into_o which_o the_o knowledge_n of_o my_o gild_n may_v bring_v i_o with_o the_o neighbour_a family_n then_o i_o be_o content_a my_o mouth_n shall_v be_v stop_v and_o that_o i_o never_o stir_v out_o of_o my_o door_n any_o more_o book_n 35._o oh_o that_o one_o will_v hear_v i_o behold_v my_o desire_n be_v that_o the_o almighty_a will_v answer_v i_o and_o that_o my_o adversary_n have_v write_v a_o book_n 35._o oh_o that_o the_o truth_n of_o all_o this_o may_v be_v examine_v by_o some_o equal_a judge_n behold_v i_o continue_v still_o to_o desire_v of_o god_n this_o favour_n and_o let_v he_o that_o can_v accuse_v i_o bring_v in_o his_o 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who_o he_o have_v nothing_o to_o charge_n with_o all_o relate_v to_o any_o crime_n commit_v before_o this_o affliction_n befall_v he_o but_o think_v be_v have_v not_o manage_v the_o dispute_n about_o it_o with_o so_o much_o calmness_n and_o submission_n to_o god_n as_o become_v his_o piety_n in_o this_o he_o differ_v from_o those_o that_o speak_v before_o he_o for_o i_o do_v not_o find_v that_o he_o blame_v he_o for_o any_o miscarriage_n but_o those_o only_o which_o he_o observe_v in_o the_o heat_n of_o his_o disputation_n and_o he_o spend_v his_o time_n rather_o in_o justify_v god_n then_o in_o carp_a at_o job_n as_o the_o other_o have_v do_v fol._n 198_o 199_o chap._n xxxiii_o argument_n here_o elihu_n address_v his_o speech_n to_o job_n alone_o for_o he_o reject_v all_o that_o the_o three_o friend_n have_v say_v as_o sufficient_o confute_v by_o job_n in_o his_o dispute_n with_o they_o and_o tell_v he_o first_o that_o he_o be_v the_o man_n who_o will_v now_o plead_v with_o he_o in_o god_n behalf_n as_o he_o have_v oft_o desire_v and_o that_o he_o be_v no_o unequal_a match_n for_o he_o and_o then_o begin_v to_o reprehend_v those_o passage_n which_o he_o think_v be_v unblamable_a in_o job_n speech_n particular_o his_o insist_v so_o much_o upon_o his_o integrity_n which_o though_o true_a shall_v not_o have_v be_v mention_v without_o due_a acknowledgement_n that_o the_o sovereign_n of_o the_o world_n have_v do_v he_o no_o wrong_n in_o thus_o afflict_v he_o and_o that_o it_o be_v not_o fit_a for_o he_o to_o question_v the_o wisdom_n and_o justice_n of_o god_n providence_n because_o he_o do_v not_o understand_v it_o for_o the_o care_n of_o god_n over_o man_n and_o his_o kindness_n to_o he_o he_o show_v be_v so_o apparent_a upon_o so_o many_o score_n that_o it_o ought_v not_o to_o be_v deny_v because_o of_o the_o unaccountable_a affliction_n that_o may_v befall_v we_o which_o we_o ought_v rather_o to_o think_v be_v one_o of_o the_o way_n whereby_o he_o do_v man_n good_a fol._n 205_o chap._n xxxiv_o argument_n here_o job_n show_v himself_o a_o far_o more_o humble_a and_o teachable_a person_n than_o his_o three_o friend_n for_o though_o elihu_n have_v invite_v he_o to_o make_v what_o exception_n he_o please_v to_o his_o discourse_n in_o the_o former_a chapter_n he_o will_v not_o open_v his_o mouth_n because_o he_o plain_o see_v that_o elihu_n have_v hit_v upon_o the_o thing_n wherein_o he_o be_v defective_a and_o so_o this_o young_a man_n proceed_v to_o carry_v the_o charge_n a_o little_a high_o and_o tell_v he_o with_o more_o sharpness_n than_o before_o that_o there_o be_v some_o word_n in_o his_o discourse_n which_o sound_v in_o his_o ear_n as_o if_o he_o accuse_v god_n justice_n and_o goodness_n for_o what_o else_o do_v he_o mean_v when_o he_o complain_v that_o god_n do_v not_o do_v he_o right_o and_o that_o he_o destroy_v alike_o both_o good_a and_o bad_a which_o rash_a assertion_n he_o overthrow_v from_o the_o consideration_n of_o the_o sovereign_a 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