Chap. 3 2. An Expofrtion upon. the Book,of J o B. Verf. 14. 97 unleffe you (peak perfonally and direbìly tohim ; whereas ChriÍf fpeaking perfonally to his Difciples only, would yet have all men lee themfelves fpoken to ( Mark 13.34. ) what I fay, toÿou, 1fay to all, watéh.. F_lihu thould have takenwhat Job fpake tohis three friends, as fpoken toall that were prefent, and fo might well enough have fpared this complement, as my Authòr con- ceives. But I paffe that as a curiofity ; Efpecially becaufe it ap- peares plainly enough, that Elihu, though the words were not fpoken direéìly to him , yet did take himfelfe to be much con- cerned ; and therefore rifeth up asa Moderator in this Contro- verfie betweenfob and his'three friends. Hebath not diretledhis words againft me. Neither will I anfwer biro with your fpeeches. I will not goe your way, nor follow your example in this un- ?, bi titreg," . dertaking ; I thall proceed upon other principles, and ufe other ejt refpondeere medium's thenye have done ; fuch,I hope, aswill be found much quiderníora- moreeffe&uall,and attaine their end.We may take thefe words ;&7t nd6,tx I will not anfwer him with yourfpeeches, two wayes .Firft, as ta, lac rme di their fpeeches had too little light of reafon in them ; Secondly, reièlobku non as their fpeeches had too much fire of pa(on in them. As if he oppuenaverir. had fayd, I will ufe milder words and f}ronger arguments ; I ut- scut: rerly difapprove the courte you have taken with him ; and there- N vejdarUnré- fore I will neither infix upon your theame to condemnehim für fjondenlo, fed! an hypocrite,, nor ofe your argument to prove ir, becaufe 'God alias eJ%-acio- hath thus forely ai;iiecedhim; for Ihold that ameere Sophifine. res inveniam. Iwill not anfwer himmint your fpeeches ; That is, with fpeeche's Aquin: which have fo much pafon, and fo little true reafon in rhem,as to the poynr in hand. For though Jobs friends had fpokenmany things of much weight and reafon con(idered abflraaly, or in The , yet whenit came to the hypothefas, as appliable to fobs fpe- ciall cafe, then their fpeeches had little or no weight in them. So that in this profetlion Elihra feemes to pro:nife three two toin<es. Fr(I , That he would ufe flronger arguments Then they had done ; I will not ufe-yours, that is,weake ones, I purpofe to cone 'better prepared to the Combare then you ; For though Elliott doth fometimes ufe fuck arguments as they, yet he doth not ufe themto their end toprove that Job aced rebellioufly,or like a O wicked
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