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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- Title
- 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 May 3, 2024.
Pages
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Notes
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1. Put Iob answered and said.
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2. Heat diligently my speech, and let this be your consola∣tion.
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3. suffer me that I may speak, and after that I have spoken, mock on.
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4. As for me, is my complaint to man? if it were so, why should not my spirit be troubled?
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5. Mark me, and be astonished, and lay your hands upon your mouth.
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6. Even when I remember I am a∣fraid, and trembling taketh hold on my flesh.
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7. Wherefore do the wicked live, and become old, yea, are mighty in power.
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8. Their seed is e∣stablished in their sight, and their off∣spring before their eyes.
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9. Their houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them.
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10. Their bull gen∣dreth, and faileth not, their cow calveth and casteth not her calf.
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11. They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.
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12. They take the timbrel, and harp, & rejoice at the sound of the organ.
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13. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
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14. Therefore they say unto God, depart from us, for we de∣sire not the know∣ledge of thy ways.
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15. Who is the Al∣mighty that we should serve him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto him.
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16. Lo their God is not in their hand, the counsel of the wicked is far from me.
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17. How oft is the candle of the wicked put out, and how oft cometh their destru∣ction?
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18. They are as stuble before the wind, and as chaff, that the storm car∣rieth away.
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19. God layeth up his iniquity for his children, he reward∣eth him, and he shall know it.
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20. His eyes shall see his destruction, & he shall drink of the wrath of the Al∣mighty.
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21. For what plea∣sure hath he in his house after him, when the number of his months is cut off in the midst.
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22. Shall any reach God know∣ledge, seing he judg∣eth those that are high.
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23. One dyeth in his full strength, be∣ing wholly at case & quiet.
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24. His breasts are full of milk, and his bones are moistned with marrow.
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25. And another dy∣eth in the bitterness of his soul, & never eateth with pleasure.
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26. They shall ly down alike in the dust, and the wormes shall cover them.
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27. Behold I know your thoughts, and the devices which you wrongfully ima∣gine against me.
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28. For ye say where is the house of the Prince? and where are the dwellings of the wicked?
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19. Have you not asked them that go by the way, and do you not know their token?
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30. That the wick∣ed is reserved to the day of destruction, they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
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31. Who shall de∣clare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done.
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32. Yet shall he be brought to the grave, and remain in the tomb.
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33. The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shalldraw after him.
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34 How then com∣fort you me in vain, seing in your answers remaineth falshood.