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An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of…
An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of Job delivered in XXI lectures at Magnus near the bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of Iob delivered in XXI lectures at Magnus neare the bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by G. Miller for Henry Overton, 1643
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In either or both these respects Job here speaks against the night, because it shut not up the doors of his mothers womb, to stop his conception, or stay him in the birth: For then, either he had not been, or he had not been brought forth as the subject of all those calamities. Hence observe, first
In either or both these respects Job here speakes against the night, because it shut not up the doores of his mothers wombe, to stop his conception, or stay him in the birth: For then, either he had not been, or he had not been brought forth as the subject of all those calamities. Hence observe, first
That fruitfulness or conception is the especial work and blessing of God: God carries the key of the womb in his own hand. From him we receive life and breath, (Acts 17.25.) yea in his book are all our members written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them: We are fearfully ⟨p. 390⟩and wonderfully made, Our substance is not hid from God, when we are made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. As the holy Ghost admirably and most elegantly describes the conception and formation of man in the womb, Psal. 139.14, 15, 16.
That fruitfulnesse or conception is the especiall worke and blessing of God: God carries the key of the wombe in his own hand. From him we receive life and breath, (Acts 17.25.) yea in his booke are all our members written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them: Wee are fearefully ⟨p. 390⟩and wonderfully made, Our substance is not hid from God, when we are made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. As the holy Ghost admirably and most elegantly describes the conception and formation of man in the wombe,