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John Trapp on Job 42:3

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Job42:3

Verſe 3. Who is he that hideth counſel without knowledge?] Quis iſte eſt, inquis Who is he, ſaiſt thou (chap. 38.2.) that hideth counſel, &c. ſo Tremellius rendreth it. Is ego ipſe ſum, I am the very man that have done it, and now would as gladly undo it again, by an humble confeſſing and diſclaiming mine own folly therein, and by applying thoſe words of thine to my ſelf, with an holy indignation; for therein thou haſt fully met with me.

Therefore have I uttered that I underſtood not] I have raſhly and imprudently, yea, graceleſly and impudently ſpoken of thy judgements, and deſired to diſpute with thee; daring to reprehend that which I did not comprehend, and to paſſe my verdict on things which I was not verſed in,Idcirt[illegible: 1 letter] indico me non in[illegible: 1 letter]elleniſſe. Merc. Things too wonderful for me which I knew not. Broughton reads thus, Therefore I tell, that I had not underſtanding; that is, I confeſſe I have ſinned, but I did it ignorantly. And ſo he makes way to the enſuing Petition, That God would heare him, and teach him better things.

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