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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 5 › Verses 6-8
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The first is taken from the cause of his afflictions, and that either the efficient, or the meritorious cause of his afflictions, both which we find in the 6 and 7 verses.
The second argument by which he strengtheneth his first exhortation, is contained in the 9, 10, 11, and 12 verses following, ⟨p. 215⟩and it is grounded upon the power, wisdom and goodness of God: As if he should say, Who would not seek unto God, who is of infinite power, able to deliver? Who would not seek unto a God, and commit his cause unto him, who is gracious, and pitiful, merciful and ready to deliver? Who would not seek unto a God, and commit his cause unto him, who is of infinite wisdom to find out ways and means for the contriving of deliverance, though mans condition (to the eye of sense or humane reason) seem altogether desperate and remediless?
The second argument by which he strengthneth his first exhortation, is contained in the 9, 10, 11, and 12 verses following, ⟨p. 215⟩and it is grounded upon the power, wisdome and goodness of God: As if he should say, Who would not seek unto God, who is of infinite power, able to deliver? Who would not seek unto a God, and commit his cause unto him, who is gracious, and pittifull, mercifull and ready to deliver? Who would not seeke unto a God, and commit his cause unto him, who is of infinite wisdome to find out wayes and means for the contriving of deliverance, though mans condition (to the eye of sence or humane reason) seem altogether desperate and remedilesse?
These three verses contain the first exhortation, together with the first argument; And we may form it thus, both respecting the efficient, and the meritorious cause of his afflictions.