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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 › Verse 17
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But secondly, Shall mortal man be more just than God? It is as if he had said, God who is infinite in justice, would never do that which a just man will not do; God who is infinite in power, would never do that, which a weak man would not do, shall weak man be more just than God? And so we may form the argument thus;
But secondly, Shall mortall man be more just than God? It is as if he had said, God who is infinite in justice, would never doe that which a just man will not doe; God who is infinite in power, would never doe that, which a weake man would not doe, shall weake man be more just than God? And so we may forme the argument thus;
No man, no Judge, is more just or incorrupt than God, who is the supreme and Lord chief Justice of all men. But there is no just Judge amongst men, who will punish an innocent man: therefore God doth not punish any one that is innocent. The consequence ⟨p. 109⟩or inference is plain and clear, for God himself should either be unjust, or he should be less just, than man is, if he should do that, which a just man upon true grounds would refuse to do. Therefore in Gen. 18. Abraham pleads with God, under that title of a just Judge, shall not the Judge of all the world do right? As if he should say, faithful Judges upon the earth, will do right, therefore surely he that is the Judge of all the earth will do right; so Eliphaz here to Job, Never complain as if God had done thee wrong, for certainly, the just God will not do that which a just man would not do: The word, whereby God is expressed (Eloha) 1doth well comply with, and answer this sense, it being properly attributed to God as a Judge, the great arbitrator and determiner, of all the causes and cases of all men in the world. Shall mortal man be more just than God?
No man, no Judge, is more just or incorrupt than God, who is the supreame and Lord chiefe Justice of all men. But there is no just Judge amongst men, who will punish an innocent man: therefore God doth not punish any one that is innocent. The consequence