i{ li 2 Chap. er. Air Expofition upon the Bookof J O B. Veit. t Wife,a third time he was wounded( not as it is fpoken in the Pro. Zaeh, r 3. 6. phet,in the boufe of hisfriends,but)in his own houle by his friend;_ thefe laft wounds are judgd(by good Phyfitians in foul atlli6ti- ons) his deepen and foareft wounds.. Then Eliphaz the 2emanite anfrveredand fail. Eliphaz,bcing(as is fuppofed) the elder and chief of the three,, firft enters the lift of this debate with Job : concerning whofe name, perfonand pedigree,we have fpoken before at the eleventh. Verfe of the fecond Chapter, and therefore referring the Reader thither, for thofe circumttantials of the fpeaker, I thall immedi- ately defcend unto the matter here fpoken. If we af,ay to commune with thee j wilt thou begrieved ? &c. The whole difcourfe of Eliphaz may be divided into three . general parts. a. ThePreface z. The Body > of his Speech. 3. The Conclu(ion The Preface of his fpeech is contained in the fecond Verfe, If we affay to commune with tbee,wilt thou be grieved? &c. The body of his fpeech is extended through this fourth and to the laft Verfe of the fifth Chapter : It confifteth cfpeciallyoftwo membe*s, or two forts of matter, in which Eliphaz deals with yob. The firft is reprehenfory, by way ofconviOfion and reproof: The fecond is exhortatory, by way of counfel and advice. Firft Eliphaz reprehends Job. This work of reprehenfion be- gins at the third Ver e of this Chapter, and is continued to the endof the fourth Verfe of the fifth Chapter. And to thew that he did not reprehend himupon paflion,he grounds this reprehenfion upon reafon, and f icngthens his reproofwith Arguments. And there are four reafons, or fpeciai Arguments,which Eliphaz takes up to make this reprehenfion convincing; the naming of them will give light to the whole before we come to particulars. The firil Argument iscontained in the words I have read to the endof the firth Verfe. And it is taken from the unfuitablenefs of his preferat praáice, tohis former precep:s. Or from the inequallityofthe ceurfe,he now took underatliái on, to the counfel he had given, others under afilittion, His
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