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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
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.
Yet we find that God had some other with him, when he stretched out the heavens, though it be here attributed to him alone: and though Elihu expostulates with Job in this point (Chap. 37.18.) Hast thou with him spread out the sky which is strong, and as a molten looking-glass? Elihu would bring down the thoughts of Job, ⟨p. 202⟩which he conceived were too much lifted up, by showing that God did this alone;1 Job (saith he) didst thou hold one part of this great Curtain or Canopy of heaven in thy hand, and God another, and was it so spread out between you? No, neither man nor angel was his helper; who then was with God in this work? Solomon tells us, (Prov. 8.27.) When he prepared the heavens I was there, when he set a compass upon the face of the depth. Who was that? I wisdom was there. Jesus Christ was there. Christ was he by whom God prepared and stretched forth the heavens. No creature was there, only the uncreated, creating Son of God. God created alone, that is, without the help of any creature; but he created all things by the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made, that was made. Observe from hence,
Yet we finde that God had some other with him, when he stretched out the heavens, though it be here attributed to him alone: and though Elihu expostulates with Job in this point (Chap. 37.18.) Hast thou with him spread out the skie which is strong, and as a molten looking-glasse? Elihu would bring down the thoughts of Job, ⟨p. 202⟩which he conceived were too much lifted up, by shewing that God did this alone;1 Job (saith he) didst thou hold one part of this great Curtain or Canopy of heaven in thy hand, and God another, and was it so spread out between you? No, neither man nor angel was his helper; who then was with God in this work? Solomon tels us, (Prov. 8.27.) When he prepared the heavens I was there, when he set a compasse upon the face of the depth. Who was that? I wisdome was there. Jesus Christ was there. Christ was he by whom God prepared and stretched forth the heavens. No creature was there, only the uncreated, creating Sonne of God. God created alone, that is, without the help of any creature; but he created all things by the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him, and without him was not any thing made, that was made. Observe from hence,