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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.
It is both our wisdom and our duty in all our afflictions to seek unto God.
It is both our wisedome and our duty in all our afflictions to seek unto God.
I would (saith Eliphaz) if I were in thy case, seek unto God. Unto whom should we go, but unto God? He is our best friend, when it is best with us, and he is our only friend, when it is ill with us: all other friends will be Physicians of no value, as Job himself found them, therefore seek unto God. As the Disciples said unto Christ, when Christ asked them, Will ye also go away? Whether shall we go (say they) for thou hast the words of eternal life? So faith the soul in afflictions, To whom shall I go? Unto this creature or that creature, unto this friend or that friend? No, I will seek unto God, That is the wisest and shortest course: all other courses are about, if not in vain. Other ways may be used as helps, but this must; pitch mainly upon God.
I would (saith Eliphaz) if I were in thy case, seek unto God. Unto whom should we goe, but unto God? He is our best friend, when it is best with us, and he is our only friend, when it is ill with us: all other friends will be Physitians of no value, as Job himselfe found them, therefore seeke unto God. As the Disciples said unto Christ, when Christ asked them, Will yee also goe away? Whether shall we goe (say they) for thou hast the words of eternall life? So faith the soule in afflictions, To whom shall I goe? Unto this creature or that creature, unto this friend or that friend? No, I will seek unto God, That is the wisest and shortest course: all other courses are about, if not in vain. Other wayes may be used as helps, but this must; pitch mainly upon God.
When we are directed to seek unto God in afflictions, it speaks four things.