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it_o be_v not_o so_o with_o i_o some_o read_v it_o as_o a_o reason_n of_o his_o offer_n because_o i_o be_o not_o so_o with_o myself_o as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v i_o will_v debate_v my_o cause_n with_o god_n upon_o the_o term_n propound_v because_o i_o be_o nothing_o such_o in_o my_o own_o conscience_n as_o your_o misapprehension_n and_o aspersion_n will_v represent_v i_o which_o yet_o do_v not_o move_v i_o sâ—â—ce_o i_o have_v a_o witness_n in_o myself_o to_o the_o contrary_n but_o the_o best_a read_v according_a to_o the_o original_a be_v but_o or_o because_o not_o so_o i_o with_o myself_o and_o so_o it_o contain_v both_o a_o regret_n and_o a_o resolution_n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v see_v i_o be_o not_o so_o as_o i_o desire_v to_o be_v that_o i_o may_v plead_v my_o cause_n i_o have_v not_o that_o advantage_n to_o be_v deliver_v from_o god_n rod_n and_o terror_n that_o i_o may_v get_v such_o a_o heaâ—ing_n of_o my_o cause_n therefore_o i_o will_v give_v over_o to_o propound_v or_o make_v the_o offer_n and_o will_v do_v the_o best_a i_o can_v to_o digest_v all_o my_o grievance_n with_o myself_o in_o my_o own_o bosom_n a_o further_a account_n of_o which_o resolution_n be_v subjoin_v in_o the_o next_o chapter_n whence_o learn_v 1._o saint_n may_v be_v under_o disadvantage_n which_o god_n will_v not_o remove_v when_o they_o please_v and_o yet_o may_v remove_v they_o when_o they_o look_v upon_o they_o as_o past_a remedy_n for_o say_v he_o but_o not_o so_o i._o he_o obtain_v not_o now_o his_o desire_a liberty_n to_o plead_v his_o cause_n though_o afterward_o he_o do_v both_o with_o elihu_n and_o god_n himself_o albeit_o the_o issue_n be_v not_o altogether_o such_o as_o he_o expect_v 2._o silent_a submission_n under_o hard_a dispensation_n be_v better_a than_o any_o disputation_n and_o quarrel_v for_o so_o do_v he_o resolve_v because_o not_o so_o i_o with_o myself_o chap._n x._o job_n have_v hitherto_o answer_v to_o what_o bildad_o have_v say_v partly_o concern_v god_n righteousness_n by_o acknowledge_v and_o magnify_v of_o it_o partly_o concern_v his_o own_o righteousness_n by_o assert_v and_o prove_v that_o without_o any_o prejudice_n to_o the_o righteousness_n of_o god_n who_o have_v afflict_v he_o he_o be_v a_o righteous_a man_n he_o come_v now_o to_o obviate_v what_o be_v insinuate_v in_o bildad_n discourse_n namely_o that_o job_n consider_v god_n righteousness_n who_o have_v afflict_v he_o and_o his_o own_o unrighteousness_n shall_v seek_v to_o god_n and_o give_v over_o his_o complaint_n to_o this_o job_n answer_v by_o his_o practice_n fall_v upon_o and_o renew_v his_o wont_a complaint_n yet_o so_o as_o he_o indirect_o labour_v to_o justify_v his_o practice_n before_o his_o friend_n in_o that_o he_o be_v so_o hard_o put_v to_o it_o before_o he_o begin_v ver_fw-la 1._o and_o he_o more_o direct_o labour_v to_o justify_v it_o in_o that_o he_o quit_v they_o as_o unfit_a judge_n and_o dare_v go_v to_o god_n with_o his_o complaint_n and_o in_o that_o he_o press_v they_o home_o in_o his_o own_o judgement_n upon_o so_o strong_a and_o convincing_n ground_n some_o of_o which_o ground_n be_v indeed_o sound_a truth_n and_o clear_o and_o positive_o assert_v by_o he_o yet_o not_o sufficient_a to_o bottom_v his_o conclusion_n or_o his_o inference_n from_o they_o proceed_v upon_o a_o mistake_n other_o of_o they_o discover_v he_o to_o be_v bring_v to_o a_o great_a conflict_n betwixt_o faith_n and_o his_o tentation_n and_o present_a sense_n wherein_o he_o own_v truth_n but_o with_o a_o great_a debate_n and_o other_o of_o they_o declare_v he_o to_o be_v overpowr_v with_o his_o passion_n though_o he_o calm_v a_o little_a towards_o close_a of_o his_o discourse_n the_o chapter_n may_v be_v take_v up_o in_o two_o part_n in_o the_o first_o whereof_o to_o v._o 20._o we_o have_v his_o complaint_n or_o his_o endeavour_n to_o ease_v his_o sorrow_n by_o complain_v this_o may_v be_v take_v up_o in_o the_o rise_n of_o his_o complaint_n v._o 1._o the_o proposition_n of_o it_o v._o 2._o and_o the_o prosecution_n of_o it_o v._o 3_o etc._n etc._n but_o i_o shall_v sum_v it_o up_o thus_o there_o be_v a_o complaint_n carry_v on_o in_o this_o discourse_n which_o may_v be_v sum_v up_o in_o a_o expostulation_n with_o god_n that_o he_o do_v so_o sharp_o afflict_v he_o break_v he_o with_o present_a trouble_n and_o threaten_v he_o with_o more_o trouble_n yea_o even_o to_o cut_v he_o off_o with_o trouble_n this_o sum_n of_o his_o expostulation_n may_v be_v gather_v from_o ver_fw-la 2_o 3_o 8_o 9_o 16_o 17._o and_o his_o expostulate_v about_o this_o do_v imply_v a_o request_n that_o god_n will_v not_o deal_v so_o with_o he_o this_o be_v scope_n of_o job_n discourse_n the_o whole_a of_o it_o may_v be_v take_v up_o in_o so_o many_o argument_n tend_v not_o only_a to_o justify_v his_o complaint_n before_o his_o friend_n as_o have_v be_v say_v but_o chief_o to_o enforce_v his_o complaint_n and_o press_v his_o desire_n before_o god_n for_o as_o he_o judge_v there_o be_v no_o reason_n why_o his_o friend_n shall_v censure_v his_o complaint_n and_o much_o reason_n why_o god_n shall_v regard_v it_o and_o change_v his_o deal_n towards_o he_o consider_v that_o he_o be_v put_v hard_a to_o it_o before_o he_o do_v complain_v ver_fw-la 1._o that_o it_o be_v hard_a measure_n if_o he_o be_v condemn_v before_o he_o be_v convince_v of_o the_o cause_n and_o crime_n ver_fw-la 2._o that_o it_o do_v not_o beseem_v god_n by_o deal_v so_o hardly_o with_o he_o to_o oppress_v and_o sleight_v his_o own_o creature_n and_o servant_n and_o to_o seem_v to_o favour_v the_o wicked_a ver_fw-la 3._o that_o good_a need_v not_o this_o way_n of_o torture_v he_o to_o find_v out_o what_o he_o be_v ver_fw-la 4_o 5_o 6._o that_o god_n know_v he_o be_v not_o wicked_a and_o yet_o that_o will_v not_o avail_v he_o unless_o himself_o withdraw_v his_o hand_n ver_fw-la 7._o that_o god_n have_v make_v and_o preserve_v he_o and_o therefore_o he_o can_v but_o regret_n that_o he_o shall_v so_o violent_o destroy_v his_o own_o workmanship_n ver_fw-la 8.9_o 10_o 11_o 12_o 13._o that_o he_o can_v see_v no_o cause_n of_o god_n deal_n thus_o nor_o what_o god_n mean_v or_o intend_v by_o all_o this_o severity_n ver_fw-la 14_o 15._o that_o his_o trouble_n have_v put_v he_o in_o great_a confusion_n and_o therefore_o he_o think_v god_n shall_v look_v to_o the_o greatness_n of_o his_o trouble_n which_o so_o confound_v he_o ver_fw-la 15_o 16_o 17._o and_o that_o his_o trouble_n be_v so_o great_a it_o make_v he_o repent_v his_o be_v bear_v and_o wish_v he_o have_v die_v from_o the_o womb_n ver_fw-la 18_o 19_o in_o the_o second_o part_n of_o â—he_n chapter_n job_n calm_v a_o little_a do_v subjoin_v to_o his_o former_a expostulation_n a_o short_a petition_n for_o respite_n and_o leave_v to_o breathe_v a_o while_n before_o he_o die_v ver_fw-la 20_o 21_o 22._o verse_n 1._o my_o soul_n be_v weary_a of_o my_o life_n i_o will_v leave_v my_o complaint_n upon_o myself_o i_o will_v speak_v in_o the_o bitterness_n of_o my_o soul_n this_o verse_n contain_v a_o account_n of_o the_o rise_n of_o job_n expostulation_n and_o complaint_n which_o be_v the_o first_o argument_n press_v his_o friend_n not_o to_o misconstruct_v he_o and_o plead_v with_o god_n that_o he_o will_v regard_v it_o and_o not_o deal_v so_o sharp_o with_o he_o for_o when_o he_o have_v resolve_v to_o smother_v his_o grief_n chap._n 9.35_o yet_o he_o can_v not_o but_o they_o make_v his_o life_n a_o burden_n to_o he_o and_o when_o again_o he_o labour_v to_o suppress_v his_o complaint_n because_o of_o such_o a_o case_n yet_o he_o can_v not_o prevail_v but_o at_o last_o after_o many_o resolution_n to_o the_o contrary_a his_o bitterness_n by_o reason_n of_o much_o affliction_n burst_v forth_o in_o a_o complaint_n and_o make_v he_o â—ry_v if_o he_o can_v find_v ease_n by_o so_o eloquent_a a_o way_n of_o pour_v out_o his_o sorrow_n before_o god_n from_o which_o he_o leave_v it_o to_o be_v infer_v that_o it_o beseem_v god_n to_o respect_v such_o a_o complaint_n and_o the_o affliction_n which_o press_v it_o out_o of_o he_o which_o be_v so_o great_a that_o he_o can_v not_o refrain_v from_o that_o way_n of_o it_o which_o be_v so_o contrary_a to_o his_o frequent_a resolution_n and_o desire_n and_o that_o it_o be_v his_o friend_n duty_n not_o to_o judge_v hardly_o of_o he_o though_o he_o complain_v when_o he_o be_v so_o press_v and_o put_v to_o it_o in_o general_n obs_n 1._o god_n child_n while_o they_o be_v within_o time_n be_v make_v up_o of_o flesh_n and_o spirit_n nature_n and_o grace_n which_o under_o trouble_n will_v have_v strong_a wrestle_n one_o with_o another_o take_v resolution_n time_n about_o
such_o thing_n that_o be_v among_o man_n particular_o among_o the_o chaldean_n who_o live_v near_o those_o part_n for_o albeit_o the_o study_n of_o astronomy_n do_v help_v they_o in_o distinguish_v of_o the_o course_n of_o the_o year_n and_o give_v they_o some_o general_a hint_n of_o the_o season_n and_o temper_n of_o the_o wether_n which_o they_o gather_v by_o long_a observation_n and_o experience_n and_o look_v upon_o the_o rise_a constellation_n rather_o as_o sign_n than_o as_o cause_n thereof_o for_o their_o observation_n do_v not_o always_o hold_v yet_o to_o subject_a to_o the_o influence_n of_o the_o star_n which_o at_o most_o be_v but_o a_o general_a and_o universal_a cause_n determine_v in_o their_o operation_n by_o the_o second_o and_o more_o immediate_a cause_n and_o by_o the_o subject_a matter_n upon_o which_o they_o work_v to_o subject_n i_o say_v to_o their_o influence_n those_o thing_n which_o depend_v upon_o contingent_a cause_n and_o the_o will_n of_o man_n so_o as_o to_o make_v prediction_n from_o they_o concern_v such_o event_n and_o effect_n be_v a_o mere_a folly_n found_v upon_o so_o many_o fond_a supposition_n which_o have_v no_o be_v in_o nature_n but_o be_v only_o the_o chimaera_n of_o the_o astrologer_n own_o brain_n for_o if_o they_o can_v foretell_v what_o will_v be_v the_o temper_n of_o the_o air_n in_o every_o particular_a day_n as_o experience_n do_v witness_v wherein_o yet_o these_o constellation_n have_v special_a influence_n who_o will_v credit_v they_o in_o other_o thing_n see_v isa_n 47.13_o jer._n 10.2_o 3._o 3._o it_o speak_v forth_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n that_o he_o command_v all_o the_o star_n in_o their_o motion_n and_o influence_n and_o not_o fate_n or_o they_o themselves_o for_o so_o much_o do_v those_o question_n import_v that_o god_n can_v do_v that_o which_o job_n or_o no_o creature_n else_o can_v do_v and_o this_o call_v upon_o we_o to_o fear_v he_o amos_n 5.8_o and_o prove_v that_o he_o have_v skill_n to_o guide_v all_o his_o saint_n psal_n 147.3_o 4_o 5._o 4._o it_o may_v humble_v contentious_a and_o quarrel_a man_n before_o god_n when_o he_o consider_v that_o god_n be_v more_o powerful_a than_o he_o and_o that_o all_o authority_n belong_v to_o god_n and_o submission_n to_o god_n be_v his_o work_n and_o duty_n for_o here_o be_v intimate_v that_o god_n only_o and_o not_o man_n can_v rule_v guide_n and_o command_v 5._o man_n may_v see_v reason_n to_o submit_v to_o god_n if_o he_o consider_v 1._o that_o god_n guide_v the_o sun_n moon_n and_o star_n as_o here_o and_o what_o be_v man_n that_o he_o shall_v plead_v exemption_n 2._o that_o he_o order_v the_o season_n wise_o throughout_o the_o year_n whereof_o these_o constellation_n be_v sign_n and_o why_o shall_v man_n carp_v or_o offer_v to_o prescribe_v to_o the_o infinite_o wise_a god_n 3._o if_o cloud_n rain_n and_o lightning_n etc._n etc._n obey_v god_n as_o here_o be_v suppose_v why_o shall_v man_n rather_o carp_v and_o dispute_v than_o submit_v 4._o if_o man_n can_v command_v one_o shower_n or_o flash_n of_o lightning_n or_o star_n why_o shall_v he_o offer_v to_o prescribe_v to_o god_n in_o great_a matter_n all_o those_o check_n of_o job_n murmur_v may_v be_v intimate_v in_o these_o question_n verse_n 36._o who_o have_v put_v wisdom_n in_o the_o inward_a part_n or_o who_o have_v give_v understanding_n to_o the_o heart_n 37._o who_o can_v number_v the_o cloud_n in_o wisdom_n or_o who_o can_v stay_v the_o bottle_n of_o heaven_n 38._o when_o the_o dust_n grow_v into_o hardness_n and_o the_o clod_n cleave_v fast_o together_o in_o these_o verse_n be_v show_v that_o as_o god_n be_v more_o powerful_a and_o have_v more_o authority_n than_o job_n as_o have_v be_v intimate_v in_o the_o former_a verse_n so_o he_o be_v nothing_o like_o god_n in_o wisdom_n to_o order_v those_o thing_n for_o all_o man_n wit_n be_v of_o he_o v._o 36._o nor_o can_v man_n wit_n be_v able_a to_o order_v the_o cloud_n that_o they_o shall_v be_v so_o many_o and_o have_v so_o much_o rain_n in_o they_o or_o to_o order_v those_o bottle_n of_o heaven_n the_o cloud_n to_o be_v so_o high_a or_o low_o and_o no_o more_o to_o consist_v of_o so_o many_o vapour_n and_o no_o more_o to_o rain_v so_o much_o and_o then_o to_o stay_v they_o that_o they_o rain_v no_o more_o v._o 37._o which_o rain_n be_v seasonable_o restrain_v when_o the_o earth_n which_o the_o drought_n turn_v into_o dust_n be_v consolidate_v and_o bring_v to_o a_o consistence_n again_o by_o rain_n as_o metal_n when_o it_o be_v melt_v run_v together_o to_o which_o the_o word_n allude_v here_o and_o when_o the_o clod_n which_o the_o drought_n do_v cleave_v asunder_o be_v make_v to_o cleave_v together_o again_o v._o 38._o hence_o learn_v 1._o god_n do_v not_o only_o employ_v authority_n and_o power_n of_o which_o in_o the_o former_a verse_n but_o wisdom_n also_o in_o order_v of_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n and_o about_o man_n as_o here_o be_v add_v 2._o man_n wit_n be_v but_o borrow_v and_o he_o hold_v it_o of_o god_n for_o who_o but_o god_n have_v put_v wisdom_n in_o the_o inward_a part_n see_v chap._n 32.8_o eccl._n 2.26_o and_o we_o shall_v acknowledge_v his_o mercy_n in_o confer_v such_o a_o gift_n 3._o true_a wisdom_n do_v not_o fleet_n in_o the_o brain_n but_o be_v solid_a and_o settle_v in_o the_o inward_a part_n and_o heart_n as_o here_o be_v intimate_v 4._o since_o man_n wit_n be_v but_o borrow_v they_o neither_o shall_v be_v proud_a of_o their_o borrow_a loan_n as_o if_o they_o can_v guide_v all_o nor_o make_v a_o god_n of_o their_o wit_n far_o less_o shall_v they_o compete_fw-it with_o he_o who_o give_v it_o as_o if_o they_o can_v guide_v better_o than_o he_o for_o god_n give_v a_o check_n to_o job_n conceit_n of_o his_o own_o skill_n by_o put_v he_o in_o mind_n whence_o he_o have_v it_o see_v psal_n 94.9_o 10._o 5._o man_n wit_n will_v soon_o break_v than_o guide_v all_o well_o if_o he_o have_v his_o will_n for_o he_o can_v not_o guide_v the_o 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