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A81199	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.	Caryl, Joseph, 1602-1673.	1655 (1655)	Wing C769A; ESTC R222627	762,181	881

Est velut epiphonema ad superiora Merc 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 clamare non quoquo modo significat sed cum singultu ut solent moribundi Merc and here we have as it were the conclusion or a kinde of acclamation upon the whole matter Would you know what worke these men make they are so high in their cruelty that men groane under it The word which we translate to groane doth not signifie any kinde of groane for some cry before they are hurt but that which is caused by the greatest hurt and comes from the very bottom of the heart even such a groane as they give forth who are about to dye Men groane from Out of the Cittie This shews the impudence of those men in sinne as well as their impunity We might reasonably suppose they would not dare to doe thus in the open Citie though they had done it in a corner of the Country where there were but few to take notice of them To doe thus in the Citie in the eyes of all men is an argument that they had lost their modesty as well as their honesty and were resolved not onely to doe evill but to stand to it or make it good And the soule of the wounded cryeth out That is the wounded cry out the soule is put for the person or the man or the soule of the wounded is sayd to cry out to shew the greatnesse and dolefullnesse of the cry As when Mary sayd My soule doth magnifie the Lord it argues that shee magnified the Lord with strong affections as if shee had been all soule Su●h also is the force of that passage in Deborahs Song Judg. 5.21 O my soule thou hast troden downe strength shee trod downe the strength of the enemy with all her strength And her soule which was her strength in God was in it more then her body So here the soule of the wounded cryeth out that is the wounded cry out most lamentably they powre out their owne soules while others were powring out their bloud But what are these wounded or how were they wounded Wee may take it eyther of an outward or inward wounding There is a wounded spirit as well as a wounded body many are wounded whose flesh is whole who have not so much as a scarre made in their skin yet here the wounded were such whose flesh or outward state was wounded first and then their hearts or spirits were wounded because of that with griefe and sorrow The soule of the wounded The word which we translate wounded signifies two things First that which is prophane and polluted and in the verb to pollute and prophane a thing Idol-worshippers are so called because they are polluted as wounded men with blood And hence also it is used as a word of abomination The Lord forbid sayd David 1 Sam. 24.6 And againe 2 Sam. 20.20 Farre be it from me farre be it from me sayd Joab in both which places the actions abominated 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 polluti prophani 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 absit vox prohibitionis abominationis res prophana s t mihi had the defilement or pollution of blood in them And the Jewes speaking this word usually rent their garments shewing the abhorrence and indignation of their minds at blasphemie or such like abominations Now because wounded men are defiled in their blood therefore this word signifieth the wounded The soule of the wounded cryeth out not onely cryeth but cryeth out Which implyeth the greatnesse of their wound and the extreame painefullnes of it Hence Note Oppression is a crying sinne and makes the oppressed cry The blood of Abel who was the first man that ever was outwardly wounded cryed when he was dead how much more doe they cry whose blood is powring out and themselves under present feare of death The soules under the Altar cryed how long Lord how long Rev. 6.9 Those soules had suffered and were past suffering yet they cryed out for vengeance upon their adversaryes how much more will their soules cry who are under sufferings The wounds of the wounded are as so many wide mouthes crying out to God though their owne soules should be silent and say nothing I have upon other passages in this booke met with the sinne of oppression and the cry of the poore upon it therefore I shall not further stay here but a while insist upon the last clause of this context which holds out the chiefe and most considerable matter of it The oppressour doth all these wickednesses but what doth God Surely we might expect to heare of God in the next words healing and helping the wounded who make this cry and wounding the hairy scalpe of those who made them cry had not God a fit occasion put in his hand to shew himselfe first for the releife of the oppressed and secondly for the punishment of the oppressour He that beholds such actings as these the fatherles plucked from the breasts the poore made slaves the labourer denied his wages the wounded crying groaning he I say that beholds all this might say in his heart surely now God will presently appeare and indeed God hath often appeared when the wicked have been in the heate of such actings and the poore in the heate of such sufferings Psal 12.5 For the oppression of the poore for the sighing of the needy now I will arise saith the Lord I will set him in safety from him that puffeth at him Yet here we finde no such thing nothing like the Lords arising for the saving of the poore from oppression or for the breaking of oppressors Job saw or had seene the poore oppressed and the needy sighing but did not see God comming eyther with deliverance or revenge for he adds though all this be done Yet God layeth not folly to them Master Broughton reads And the puissant marketh not the unsavory dealing His meaning is not that God did not know that their dealings were unsavory or that he did not observe and take notice of their dealings but he did not observe them so as to appeare presently against them God layeth not or God putteth not the meaning is God imputeth not or God chargeth not folly or strictly to the letter of the Hebrew that which is unsavory to them or upon them That word which signifies a thing unsavory or without salt in a natural and proper sence may elegantly be rendred folly in a moral or metaphoricall sence for foolishnes or folly is that which hath no salt of reason righteousnesse 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 quod fit praeter omnem rationem aequitatem Bez justice or equity in it Hence the word is often used to signifie that which is done besides without or against all these So it is sayd Chap. 1.22 In all this Job sinned not neither did he charge God foolishly or neither did he charge folly upon God it is this word Job did not thinke that God dealt unjustly or unreasonably with him though he had

before thee Job speakes to this sence I would order my cause before him or to his face as the Hebrew Text hath it that is in his presence And fill my mouth with Arguments Pleno ore fidentèr constanter pro me dicam Bold I would have arguments enow or good store to prove that your proceeding hath been unequall toward mee And when he sayth I would fill my mouth with arguments it shewes that his heart was full of arguments Christ teacheth us to argue so Luk. 6.45 Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh Jobs heart was full therefore he would fill his mouth David prayeth Psal 71.8 Let my mouth be filled with thy praise And the Church speakes of her joy when God had turned their captivity Psal 126.2 Then was our mouth filled with laughter In this language God bespeakes his people Psal 81.10 Open thy mouth wide and I will fill it Open it by faith and I will fill it with what fill it with mercy and with blessings So here I would fill my mouth with arguments that is I would not want matter to speake for my selfe Os meum replebo increpationibus Vulg. or in my owne cause The vulgar reades it I will fill my mouth with Chidings or with reproofs The word properly signifies Conviction and then wee are to understand it in reference to his friends I would abound with convincing reproving or chiding arguments against you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 non redargutiones intelligit quibus deum injustitiae accusaret sed rationes quibus se tueretur Sic 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Graecie sumitur Merc. who have thus long reproached mee I would bring such arguments as should not onely be a proofe of mine owne integrity but a reproof of my friends severity Some arguments have onely a proof in them others have a reproof too Job would fill his mouth with arguments which should be both proofs for himselfe and reproofs to his opposers Job had not a word to say against God but he had much to say against his friends I would fill my mouth with Arguments Note from it Troubled spirits have many things to say and usually abound much in their owne sence Furor arma ministrat As the passion of anger will administer weapons to a man though he be no great fighter so those passions of griefe and sorrow will administer arguments to him though he be no great disputer A troubled soule will hardly be put to a stand or non-plus They who suffer much will alwayes have somewhat to say If nature deny said one of old yet Indignation will make a man a Poet And if nature deny yet sorrow will make a man a Logician and trouble will make a man an Advocate in his owne cause The tongues of many are tipt with Oratory they have excellent words and strong reasons too from the pressures that are upon their spirits trouble of spirit fills the mouth with Arguments two wayes First Against themselves how strongly will some in that case dispute against their owne peace what arguments will they bring against any comfort that is offered them and how nimbly will they reply to any one that goes about to answer them how will they finde out new mediums when those are foyled by which they have formerly nourished their unbeleefe and discouraged themselves from taking hold on mercy 'T is wonderfull to heare the pleadings of a troubled spirit and 't is one of the hardest taskes in the world to answer the doubts which such a man will make against himselfe Secondly The troubles of many fills their mouths with arguments for themselves that 's the meaning of Job here in this place I would fill my mouth with arguments to maintaine my Cause I should not want eyther matter or words to plead this busienes were I before the Throne of God and yet I would not be so free and forward to speake as to neglect or slight what is spoken to me as it followes Vers 5. I would know the words that he would answer mee and understand what he would say unto mee Some are so hasty to speake that they will not heare they are so forward to plead their owne Cause that they will not receive the opinion of another Job discovers an equall spirit to both As I would order my Cause and fill my mouth with arguments so I would know the words that he would answer mee too I would have the good manners or the grace rather to heed and understand what God would say to mee Cogn●scam sanationes quas loquetur mihi Sep. Quam mihi laboranti curationē adhibiturus esset intellige●em Chrysost The Septuagint render it thus I would know the healings which he would speake to me or as another What medicine or way of cure he would praescribe and administer to mee and this might respect eyther the quieting of his Spirit or the repayring of his credit and good name which had been sorely and deeply wounded by his friends not onely suspecting but charging him as an hypocrite or wicked man This is a fayre sence onely it straitens the Text For we may suppose Job in this addresse and application to God ready to heare whatsoever God should say unto him whether his were words of approbation or reproof whether for him or against him Though Job had doubtlesse a strong confidence that God would approve of him and give sentence on his side yet considering his owne weaknesses and distempers of minde he might well conceive that some things had fallen from him or been done by him which might deserve and call for chidings and rebukes as the issue indeed was And therefore it was most congruous that he should present himselfe before the Lord in a frame of heart to receive reprehensions as well as consolations I would know the words that he would answer me and understand c. Knowing and understanding may be taken here two wayes First for Considering and weighing what God would say or what Award he would make In which he seemes closely to checke his friends who thought him so dull and incapable that surely he did not apprehend nor understand their answers Well saith Job whatsoever you thinke of my dulnes to understand your answers or what you have sayd yet I doubt not but I shall understand the answers of God or what he shall say unto mee Secondly They note a reverence and respect to the word of God I would know the words that he would answer that is submit to them I would not oppose the Judgement or Opinion of God concerning me Though Job did not sit downe or acquiesse in the judgement of his friends yet he would reverence and sit downe quietly in the judgement of God in the answer which he should please to give In eyther of these interpretations the sence is good I would know that is I would study to finde out the minde of God and understand