The grand tryal, or, Poetical exercitations upon the book of Job wherein suitable to each text of that sacred book, a modest explanation, and continuation of the several discourses contained in it, is attempted / by William Clark.
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- The grand tryal, or, Poetical exercitations upon the book of Job wherein suitable to each text of that sacred book, a modest explanation, and continuation of the several discourses contained in it, is attempted / by William Clark.
- Author
- Clark, William, advocate.
- Publication
- Edinburgh :: Printed by the heir of Andrew Anderson ...
- 1685.
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- Subject terms
- Bible. -- O.T. -- Job -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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"The grand tryal, or, Poetical exercitations upon the book of Job wherein suitable to each text of that sacred book, a modest explanation, and continuation of the several discourses contained in it, is attempted / by William Clark." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A33354.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 3, 2024.
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Notes
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* 1.1
1. Then answered Zophar, the Naama∣thite, and said.
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* 1.2
2. Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I makchaste.
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* 1.3
3. I have heard the check of my re∣proach, and the spi∣rit of my under∣standing causeth me to answer.
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* 1.4
4. Knowest thou not this of old, since man was placed upon earth.
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* 1.5
5. That the tri∣umph of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment.
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* 1.6
6. Though his ex∣cellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reacheth unto the clouds.
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* 1.7
7. Yet he shall pe∣rish for ever like his own dung▪ they who have seen him shall say where is he?
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* 1.8
8. He shall fly a∣way as a dream. and shall not be found, yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
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* 1.9
9. They also who saw him, shall see him no more, nei∣ther shall his place any more hehold him.
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* 1.10
10. His children shall seek to ••lease the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods
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* 1.11
11. His bones are full of the sins of his youth, which shall ly down with him in the dust.
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* 1.12
12. Though wick∣edness be sweet in his mouth, though he hid it under his tongue.
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* 1.13
13. Though he spare it, and forsake it not, but keep it still within his mouth
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* 1.14
14. Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, and it is the gall of asps within him.
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* 1.15
15. He hath swal∣lowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again, God shall cast them out of his belly.
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* 1.16
16. He shall suck the poison of asps, the vipers tongue shall s••ay him.
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* 1.17
17. He shall not see the rivers, the floods, the brooks of honey, and butter.
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* 1.18
18. That which he laboured for he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down, ac∣cording to his sub∣stance shall the re∣stitution be, and he shall not rejoice therein.
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* 1.19
19. Because he hath oppressed, and hath forsaken the poor, because he hath vio∣lently taken away an house which he builded not.
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* 1.20
20. Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
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* 1.21
21. There shall none of his meat be left▪ therefore shall no man look for his goods.
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* 1.22
22. In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits, e∣very hand of the wicked shall come upon him.
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* 1.23
23. When he is a∣bout to fill his belly, God shall cast the ••u∣ry of his wrath upon him while he is eat∣ing.
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* 1.24
24. He shall fly from the iron wea∣pon, and the bow of steel shall strick him through.
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* 1.25
25. It is drawn, & cometh out of the body, yea the glister∣ing sword cometh out of his gall, ter∣rors are upon him.
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* 1.26
26. All darknesse shall be hid in his se∣cret places▪ a fire not blown shall con∣sume, it shall go ill with him, that is left in his tabernacle.
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* 1.27
27. The heaven sha••l reveal his ini∣••ui••••, and the earth ••••all the up against him.
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* 1.28
28. The encrease of his house shall de∣part, and his goods shall flow away in the day of his wrath.
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* 1.29
29. This is the por∣tion of a wicked▪ man▪ and the heri∣tage appointed to him by God.