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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Book of Job being the substance of XXXV lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed for L. Fawne, 1656
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Chapters o… › Chapter 4 › Verses 7-8
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Take perishing, in the fourth sense, as perishing is an eternal destruction; and so the proposition of Eliphaz is true throughout, strictly true; That no righteous, ever perished, or were cut off; an innocent person is, in that sense, past perishing; a righteous man is past cutting off. Joh. 10. 28. I do give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish. Rejoice in this, ye righteous, ye are beyond perishing, ye are past perishing, while ye live in a perishing world.
Take perishing, in the fourth sense, as perishing is an eternall destruction; and so the proposition of Eliphaz is true throughout, strictly true; That no righteous, ever perished, or were cut off; an innocent person is, in that sense, past perishing; a righteous man is past cutting off. Joh. 10. 28. I doe give unto them eternall life, and they shall never perish. Rejoyce in this, ye righteous, ye are beyond perishing, ye are past perishing, while ye live in a perishing world.
Lastly, Take it in the fifth sense, and so you may have a further truth, which I conceive, is that which Eliphaz purposely aimeth at; take perishing, for outward present destruction, joined with a total desertion; and in that sense the proposition of Eliphaz is true also; No righteous man, no innocent man ever perished, or was so cut off with any temporal judgement: The Apostle is direct for it, (2 Cor. 4. 8, 9.) We are in trouble on every side, (we see trouble which way soever we turn) but we are not distressed, we are perplexed (we are in the briars as well as ungodly men) but not in despair, (we are in hope still, and if there be hope for us, God is for us:) We are persecuted, but not forsaken, (God is near us, though all the world stand aloof,) we are cast down, but not destroyed, we shall up again. So that while he admits of perishing in the former sense, respecting outward afflictor, yet he denies it constantly in this latter sense, so as to be cut off quite from the comforts and supports of God. That observation of David, may be thus understood, (