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 June 14, 2024.
Pages
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Notes
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* 1.1
1. Then Iob an∣swered the Lord, and said,
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* 1.2
2. I know that thou canst do every thing, and that no thought can be witholden from thee.
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* 1.3
3. Who is he that hideth counsel with∣out knowledge? therefore have I ut∣tered that I under∣stood not things too wonderful for me, which I knew not.
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* 1.4
4. Hear, I beseech thee. and I ••ill speak: I will demand of t••••••, and declare thou unto me.
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* 1.5
5. I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear, but now mine eye seeth thee.
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* 1.6
6. Wherefore I abhore myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
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* 1.7
7 And it was so, that after the Lord had spoken these words unto Iob, the Lord said to Eliphaz the Temanite, My wrath is kindled a∣gainst thee, & against thy two friends: for ye have not spoken of me the thing that is right, as ••y ser∣vant Iob hath.
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* 1.8
8. Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks, and seven rams, and go to my servant Iob, and of∣fer up for your selves a bu••n-offering, and my servant Iob shall pray for you; for him I will accept, lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spo∣ken of me the things which are right, like my servant Iob.
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* 1.9
9. So Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite went and ••••d according as the ••ord had com∣ma••ded them: the Lord also accepted Iob.
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* 1.10
10. And the Lord turned the captivity of Iob, when he pray∣ed for his friends, al∣so the Lord gave Iob twice as much as he had before.
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* 1.11
11. Then came there unto him, all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house, and they bemoaned him, and com••orted him o∣ver all the evil that the Lord had broght upon him▪ every man gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.
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* 1.12
12. So the Lord blessed the latter end of Io•• more then his beginning: for he had 14000 sheep, and 6000 camels, and 1000 y••ke of oxen. and 1000 she asses.
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* 1.13
13. He had also seven sons, and three daughters.
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* 1.14
14. And he called the name of the first, ••e∣mima and the name of the second, Kezia, and the name of the third, Keren-hap∣puch.
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* 1.15
15. And in all the land were no ••••men ••ound ••o 〈◊〉〈◊〉 as the daughters of ••ob▪ & their father gave them inheritance among their bre∣thren.
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* 1.16
16. After this lived Iob an hundred and fourty years, and saw his sons, and his sons sons, even four ge∣nerations.
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* 1.17
17. So Iob died, be∣ing old, and full of days.