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THE BOOK

CHAP. XV.

Eliphaz againe chargeth Iob to haue spoken presumptuously, and blasphemously: 14. auoucheth that no man is innocent nor iust: 20. describing the malediction of the impious and hypochrites.

The fourth conflict.BVT Eliphaz the Themanite answering, sayd: 2Wil a wise man answer as it were speaking into the wind, and fil his stomacke with burning? 3Thou [1] reprouest him in words, that is not equal to thee, & speakest that which is not expedient for thee. 4As much as is in thee, thou hast euacuated feare, and hast taken away prayers before God. 5For thine iniquitie hath taught thy mouth, and thou doest imitate the tongue of blasphemers. 6Thine owne mouth shal condemne thee, and not I: and thy lippes shal answer thee. 7Wast thou the first man borne, and formed before the litle hils? 8Hast thou heard Gods counsel, and shal his wisedome be inferiour to thee? 9What doest thou know, that we are ignorant of? what doest thou vnderstand that we know not? 10There are both old men & ancients among vs, much elder then thy fathers. 11Is it a great matter that God should comfort thee: but thy naughtie words hinder it. 12Why doth thy hart eleuate thee, & as thinking great things, hast thou astonied eies? 13Why doeth thy spirit swel agaynst God, to vtter such words out of thy mouth? 14What is man, that he should be [2] without spot, & that the borne of a woman should appeare [3] iust? 15Behold among his saints none is immutable, & the heauens are not cleane in his sight. 16How much more is man abominable, and vnprofitable, who drinketh iniquitie as it were water? 17I wil shew thee, heare me: that which I haue seen I wil tel thee. 18Wise men confesse and hide not their fathers: 19to whom onlie the earth was giuen, and stranger hath not passed by them. 20The impious is proud al his daies, and [4] the number of the yeares of his tyrannie is vncertaine. 21The sound of terrour is alwaies in his eares: and when there is peace, he alwaies suspecteth treason. 22He belieueth not that he may returne from darkenesse to light, looking round about for the sword on euerie side. 23When he shal moue himself to seeke bread, he knoweth that the day of darkenesse is prepared in his hand. 24Tribulation shal terrifie him, and distresse shal compasse him, as a King that is prepared to battel. 25For he hath stretched his hand against God, & is strengthned against the Omnipotent. 26He hath run against him with necke set vpright, and is armed with a fatte necke. 27Fatnesse hath couered his face, and from his sides there hangeth tallow. 28He hath dwelt in desolate cities, and in desert houses, that are brought into hillocks.

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  1. ↑ Eliphaz not able to answer Iobs solide reasons, raileth against him, as if he were iniurious to God, or taught others to cast away feare.
  2. ↑ It is a very rare priuiledge to be without spot.
  3. ↑ But spot of venial sinnes may be in a iust man.
  4. ↑ Al these miseries are incident to the wicked, but are falsly applied to holy Iob, who indeed was iust.
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