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A03852 The conflict of Iob By way of dialogue. Compiled for illustration, or opening of that great encounter: and may also serue as a paraphrase vpon that heauenly worke. By R.H. Humfrey, Richard. 1607 (1607) STC 13967; ESTC S114137 188,682 244

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of_o my_o child_n funeral_n the_o sad_a subject_n that_o ever_o i_o behold_v may_v prove_v wholesome_a and_o fruitful_a unto_o i_o thus_o foolish_o thus_o verse_n 22_o in_o all_o this_o do_v not_o job_n sin_n nor_o charge_n god_n foolish_o he_o that_o be_v almighty_a as_o he_o turn_v all_o thing_n though_o the_o mean_n seem_v never_o so_o contrary_a to_o his_o own_o glory_n so_o make_v he_o whatsoever_o rough_a and_o hard_a usage_n of_o his_o notwithstanding_o the_o harshness_n of_o the_o course_n to_o our_o think_n redound_v to_o the_o good_a of_o his_o elect_a unless_o therefore_o we_o will_v deny_v the_o lord_n his_o due_a with_o hold_n from_o he_o his_o right_n be_v unreasonable_a not_o to_o see_v unthankful_a not_o to_o acknowledge_v his_o goodness_n we_o must_v not_o be_v unmindful_a to_o render_v he_o 21_o he_o bless_a be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n v_o 21_o praise_v nor_o forgetful_a to_o bless_v he_o with_o mind_n and_o voice_n no_o not_o for_o his_o great_a severity_n in_o our_o chasticement_n satan_n i_o have_v meet_v with_o job_n sound_o 2,1_o chap_n 2,1_o yet_o have_v i_o not_o prevail_v when_o the_o lord_n call_v i_o next_o unto_o a_o account_n i_o will_v solicit_v he_o once_o again_o and_o see_v whether_o i_o may_v obtain_v leave_n against_o his_o person_n for_o doubtless_o the_o cause_n that_o he_o thus_o persever_v in_o his_o integrity_n be_v nothing_o else_o but_o for_o that_o he_o fear_v least_o the_o lord_n shall_v afflict_v he_o in_o his_o body_n or_o take_v away_o his_o life_n from_o he_o which_o be_v it_o not_o as_o a_o kirbe_n to_o hold_v he_o in_o he_o will_v certain_o break_v forth_o into_o all_o impiety_n syrraxis_n 6._o person_n lord._n satan_n job._n lord._n though_o i_o decree_v it_o before_o 1.2_o chap_n 2_o v._o 1.2_o and_o can_v be_v draw_v to_o aught_o either_o by_o thy_o instigation_n satan_n or_o the_o persuasion_n of_o any_o other_o of_o my_o creature_n but_o what_o i_o have_v determine_v within_o myself_o yet_o thou_o through_o the_o greatness_n of_o thy_o malice_n wherewith_o thou_o do_v provoke_v i_o waste_v the_o only_a instrument_n to_o bring_v to_o pass_v that_o job_n who_o notwithstanding_o so_o many_o and_o so_o great_a loss_n remain_v still_o as_o true_a and_o as_o sure_a a_o professor_n of_o my_o name_n as_o dutiful_a a_o practiser_n of_o my_o will_n as_o innocent_a and_o blameless_a a_o man_n as_o ever_o before_o deserve_v for_o his_o singular_a care_n to_o obey_v i_o in_o all_o thing_n and_o above_o all_o man_n none_o like_o he_o v._o 3._o of_o what_o kindred_n or_o nation_n soever_o at_o this_o day_n not_o the_o holy_a seed_n of_o jacob_n except_v who_o i_o have_v pick_v out_o as_o a_o peculiar_a inheritance_n to_o myself_o the_o continuance_n of_o my_o former_a mercy_n shall_v be_v punish_v in_o this_o extreme_a manner_n but_o what_o success_n have_v thou_o have_v in_o it_o do_v thou_o find_v 4_o find_v have_v thou_o consider_v chap_n 2_o five_o 3_o chap_n 2_o five_o 4_o he_o a_o hypocrite_n or_o do_v he_o curse_v i_o according_a to_o thy_o suggestion_n satan_n yea_o but_o i_o do_v take_v away_o his_o good_n only_o which_o be_v but_o as_o it_o be_v a_o strip_v he_o of_o certain_a superfluity_n that_o he_o may_v not_o be_v to_o gorgeous_a in_o his_o attire_n surfait_a of_o his_o daintay_n swell_v to_o much_o with_o the_o overflow_a of_o his_o riches_n and_o thou_o have_v reserve_v also_o a_o remnant_n 7.13_o remnant_n chap_n 7.13_o of_o those_o his_o child_n they_o be_v but_o a_o cause_n of_o sorrow_n and_o care_n unto_o he_o many_o a_o man_n have_v no_o feel_n of_o the_o hurt_n of_o other_o a_o other_o man_n skin_n as_o it_o be_v though_o they_o be_v never_o so_o near_o unto_o he_o if_o thou_o will_v therefore_o permit_v 5_o permit_v verse_n 5_o i_o to_o afflict_v he_o in_o his_o own_o body_n 4_o body_n skin_n fo●_n skin_n v._o 4_o beat_v he_o upon_o his_o own_o skin_n and_o flesh_n he_o will_v soon_o alter_v his_o note_n grant_v i_o this_o my_o suit_n also_o i_o pray_v 3_o pray_v shelach_n fut●●_n rum_o imperans_fw-la mitte_fw-la quaso_fw-es beza_n tremelli_n we_o mercer_n and_o so_o likewise_o chap._n 1_o xi_o imlo_n si_fw-la non_fw-la and_o so_o chap._n 1_o xi_o include_v in_o it_o a_o imprecation_n or_o curse_v which_o the_o haebrewes_n for_o modesty_n sake_n do_v for_o the_o most_o part_n omit_v chap_n 2_o five_o 3_o thou_o and_o then_o if_o he_o vomit_v not_o out_o of_o his_o hollow_a heart_n most_o horrible_a blasphemy_n send_v i_o into_o the_o deep_a or_o bound_v i_o under_o eternal_a chain_n of_o darkness_n lord._n i_o have_v commend_v job_n unto_o thou_o satan_n yet_o thou_o believe_v i_o not_o but_o tell_v i_o to_o my_o head_n that_o i_o be_o a_o liar_n yea_o will_v feign_v obtain_v that_o at_o my_o hand_n to_o prove_v i_o so_o thou_o disanulle_v also_o my_o foreknowledge_n of_o thing_n to_o come_v for_o in_o plead_v that_o job_n shall_v not_o continue_v constant_a unto_o i_o when_o i_o term_v he_o my_o servant_n and_o give_v this_o title_n unto_o none_o but_o such_o as_o shall_v persevere_v so_o unto_o the_o end_n do_v thou_o not_o all_o this_o these_o thing_n i_o bear_v at_o thy_o hand_n but_o thou_o shall_v have_v the_o shame_n and_o torment_v of_o it_o at_o the_o last_o lie_v be_v thy_o old_a trade_n &_o of_o thy_o own_o invention_n yet_o who_o so_o forward_o to_o lay_v it_o upon_o another_o as_o thou_o herewith_o i_o have_v be_v well_o acquaint_v heretofore_o but_o as_o for_o thy_o entreaty_n unto_o i_o that_o be_v more_o rare_a what_o can_v satan_n entreat_v be_v he_o become_v a_o suppliant_a be_v it_o possible_a that_o he_o which_o be_v wont_a to_o
circumstance_n lay_v together_o that_o may_v augment_v it_o as_o the_o unkindness_n of_o my_o wife_n who_o though_o she_o will_v not_o come_v at_o i_o herself_o yet_o may_v she_o be_v not_o she_o not_o past_o all_o feel_n of_o her_o duty_n furnish_v i_o with_o linen_n in_o my_o necessity_n syrraxis_n 7._o person_n jobes_n wife_n job._n satan_n jobes_n wife_n do_v thou_o not_o see_v how_o ridiculous_a thou_o be_v in_o that_o thou_o continue_v sitt_v in_o ash_n in_o chap._n 2.8_o and_o he_o sit_v down_o among_o the_o ash_n ash_n to_o show_v thy_o magnanimity_n humility_n and_o repentance_n see_v that_o he_o do_v nothing_o but_o afflict_v thou_o more_o and_o more_o when_o we_o lose_v our_o cattle_n servant_n and_o child_n thou_o cry_v integrity_n cry_v chap_n 2.9_o do_v thou_o yet_o continue_v in_o thy_o integrity_n bless_v be_v the_o name_n of_o the_o lord_n now_o though_o the_o grief_n of_o thy_o body_n be_v never_o so_o great_a thou_o bewraie_v no_o discontentment_n which_o declare_v that_o thou_o be_v of_o the_o same_o mind_n still_o and_o will_v utter_v it_o to_o but_o that_o it_o be_v painful_a for_o thou_o to_o speak_v a_o man_n that_o be_v sudden_o oppress_v with_o affliction_n may_v be_v cast_v into_o a_o trance_n and_o be_v so_o amaze_v therewith_o that_o he_o be_v able_a to_o say_v nothing_o for_o a_o time_n but_o remain_v speechless_a but_o this_o affliction_n be_v not_o sudden_a but_o thou_o have_v a_o warn_a peal_n thereof_o in_o thy_o former_a loss_n neither_o be_v this_o thy_o disease_n such_o as_o benumb_v the_o sense_n but_o such_o rather_o as_o will_v make_v a_o man_n roar_v and_o cry_v out_o like_o a_o woman_n in_o travail_n or_o as_o they_o be_v wont_v that_o be_v pierce_v with_o hot_a iron_n even_o hundred_o at_o once_o thou_o strive_v mighty_o against_o nature_n think_v it_o to_o be_v a_o admirable_a virtue_n to_o forbear_v anger_n and_o fret_v in_o such_o a_o case_n but_o thou_o hurte_v thyself_o more_o inward_o and_o gain_v nothing_o by_o it_o 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have_v a_o tongue_n to_o speak_v never_o leave_v magnify_v of_o the_o lord_n for_o do_v thou_o not_o see_v how_o this_o kindness_n of_o he_o call_v for_o it_o at_o thy_o hand_n job._n my_o prayer_n and_o praise_v of_o god_n 10_o chap_n 2_o 10_o be_v not_o the_o cause_n of_o my_o affliction_n but_o it_o be_v the_o lord_n pleasure_n to_o try_v i_o how_o content_o i_o be_o able_a to_o bear_v it_o he_o obligatory_n he_o shall_v we_o receive_v good_a at_o the_o hand_n of_o god_n and_o not_o receive_v cuill_a verse_n obligatory_n have_v send_v we_o prosperity_n a_o long_a time_n and_o now_o it_o be_v will_v to_o deal_v in_o another_o sort_n with_o we_o and_o we_o be_v to_o praise_n god_n as_o well_o for_o the_o one_o as_o for_o the_o other_o have_v i_o not_o tell_v thou_o so_o many_o time_n and_o use_v prayer_n in_o the_o time_n of_o prosperity_n to_o prepare_v we_o against_o the_o day_n of_o adversity_n there_o be_v never_o any_o of_o the_o child_n of_o god_n that_o have_v be_v exempt_v 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will_v so_o keep_v it_o to_o the_o end_n and_o place_n in_o it_o such_o a_o confidence_n in_o his_o mercy_n in_o the_o midst_n of_o death_n that_o satan_n who_o instrument_n you_o now_o be_v and_o who_o part_n you_o take_v in_o this_o disputation_n with_o all_o his_o policy_n shall_v not_o be_v able_a to_o surprise_v the_o iwincible_a castle_n of_o my_o hope_n be_v i_o a_o hippocrite_n according_a as_o you_o accuse_v 8.13_o accuse_v chap._n 8.13_o i_o i_o can_v not_o be_v thus_o confident_a for_o he_o that_o be_v such_o a_o one_o dare_v not_o come_v to_o his_o trial_n he_o have_v rather_o that_o all_o the_o world_n have_v his_o cause_n in_o handle_v than_o the_o lord_n for_o he_o know_v that_o he_o will_v lay_v open_a the_o book_n of_o his_o conscience_n which_o be_v as_o a_o filthy_a sky_n full_o fraught_v with_o deceit_n lie_v dissemble_a impiety_n and_o ungodliness_n and_o discover_v with_o the_o brightness_n of_o his_o presence_n the_o deed_n that_o be_v do_v in_o the_o night_n 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11_o 12_o 13_o etc._n etc._n reprehension_n of_o thy_o arise_v from_o these_o word_n the_o lord_n look_v 27_o look_v chap._n 13._o verse_n 27_o narrow_o unto_o my_o path_n for_o thou_o do_v so_o take_v i_o up_o for_o this_o speech_n with_o some_o other_o of_o the_o like_a nature_n as_o if_o i_o have_v therevy_v seek_v to_o prefer_v myself_o before_o 12_o before_o verse_n 12_o god_n or_o inflame_v with_o the_o spirit_n of_o arrogancy_n i_o have_v 13_o have_v chap._n 33_o verse_n 13_o lift_v up_o my_o arm_n against_o he_o whereas_o in_o truth_n the_o vehemency_n of_o my_o pain_n force_v i_o to_o utter_v those_o word_n in_o regard_n whereof_o thou_o shall_v rather_o have_v comfort_v i_o and_o exhort_v i_o to_o constancy_n then_o to_o have_v aggravate_v my_o sin_n to_o my_o further_a discouragement_n sometime_o thy_o confutation_n be_v by_o way_n of_o 2_o of_o chap._n 34_o verse_n 2_o insultation_n hear_v o_o you_o wise_a man_n o_o you_o of_o understanding_n harken_v unto_o i_o for_o 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