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of_o this_o passage_n of_o the_o form_n of_o the_o argument_n it_o be_v propose_v by_o way_n of_o question_n or_o expostulation_n as_o we_o render_v it_o what_o shall_v we_o receive_v good_a etc._n etc._n there_o be_v a_o great_a deal_n of_o force_n in_o the_o manner_n of_o propose_v question_n be_v full_a of_o quickness_n and_o spirit_n job_n do_v not_o only_o give_v his_o wife_n a_o logical_a reason_n but_o a_o rhetorical_a reason_n word_n with_o life_n to_o convince_v she_o by_o what_o say_v he_o shall_v we_o receive_v good_a etc._n etc._n as_o if_o he_o have_v say_v this_o be_v a_o absurd_a thing_n once_o to_o imagine_v a_o blind_a man_n may_v see_v this_o it_o be_v so_o plain_a and_o a_o fool_n
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to_o mourn_v with_o he_o and_o they_o mourn_v they_o come_v with_o heart_n resolve_v to_o comfort_v he_o but_o they_o do_v not_o comfort_v he_o they_o do_v not_o attain_v that_o end_n they_o can_v not_o attain_v it_o then_o observe_v that_o as_o the_o way_n of_o a_o man_n be_v not_o in_o himself_o so_o much_o less_o be_v the_o end_n of_o a_o man_n in_o himself_o the_o way_n of_o a_o man_n be_v not_o in_o himself_o say_v the_o prophet_n jeremie_n cap._n 10.23_o that_o be_v a_o man_n action_n be_v not_o in_o his_o own_o power_n he_o be_v not_o master_n of_o his_o own_o will_n or_o of_o his_o own_o way_n if_o a_o man_n way_n be_v not_o in_o himself_o muchlesse_a be_v his_o end_n in_o himself_o that_o be_v in_o his_o own_o power_n to_o have_v what_o end_n he_o please_v and_o propose_v man_n propose_v but_o god_n dispose_v these_o friend_n come_v to_o comfort_n job_n but_o they_o do_v nothing_o less_o than_o comfort_n he_o in_o stead_n of_o comfort_v they_o afflict_v he_o which_o force_v 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this_o he_o send_v his_o wife_n first_o to_o jeer_v he_o out_o of_o it_o but_o he_o shake_v she_o off_o quick_o as_o a_o foolish_a woman_n second_o he_o send_v these_o friend_n grave_o and_o learned_o to_o dispute_v and_o beat_v he_o out_o of_o it_o by_o dint_n of_o argument_n o_o how_o long_o do_v these_o hang_v upon_o he_o with_o many_o serious_a and_o weighty_a with_o many_o pious_a and_o divine_a much_o misapply_v discourse_v he_o can_v not_o get_v rid_v of_o these_o who_o word_n be_v as_o draw_v sword_n often_o make_v his_o wound_a soul_n bleed_v and_o breathe_v out_o sad_a complaint_n and_o yet_o they_o come_v to_o comfort_v he_o a_o man_n heart_n say_v solomon_n prov._n 16.9_o devise_v his_o way_n but_o the_o lord_n direct_v his_o step_n man_n devise_v but_o god_n direct_v he_o order_v the_o action_n and_o overrule_v the_o end_n of_o every_o creature_n we_o can_v neither_o cut_v out_o our_o way_n nor_o make_v up_o our_o conclusion_n by_o our_o own_o strength_n or_o wisdom_n and_o so_o much_o for_o the_o 10_o verse_n his_o friend_n visit_v they_o come_v unto_o he_o i_o tell_v you_o before_o that_o the_o two_o follow_a verse_n do_v but_o set_v forth_o the_o particular_n of_o the_o first_o end_n their_o mourning_n they_o come_v to_o mourn_v with_o he_o their_o mourning_n be_v express_v by_o many_o of_o those_o particular_a circumstance_n observe_v in_o job_n sorrow_n c._n 1._o v._n 20._o therefore_o i_o shall_v not_o insist_v much_o upon_o they_o and_o when_o they_o lift_v up_o their_o eye_n afar_o off_o they_o know_v he_o not_o this_o be_v the_o preface_n to_o the_o several_a act_n of_o their_o mourning_n and_o when_o they_o lift_v up_o their_o eye_n to_o lift_v up_o the_o eye_n be_v a_o frequent_a scripture_n phrase_n for_o see_v gen._n 26.63_o 64._o there_o be_v a_o reason_n in_o nature_n for_o it_o man_n have_v a_o special_a nerve_n in_o the_o fabric_n of_o the_o eye_n by_o the_o motion_n of_o which_o the_o eye_n turn_v upward_o i_o only_o offer_v that_o 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