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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.
These words are repeated from the discourse of Eliphaz, in the 5th Chap. v. 9. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause, which doth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number. I will not stay in a particular discussion of them, but refer the Reader to the place before cited, where the text is opened at large, and particular observations given from it. Take only this observation in general.
These words are repeated from the discourse of Eliphaz, in the 5th Chap. v. 9. I would seek unto God, and unto God would I commit my cause, which doth great things and unsearchable, marvellous things without number. I will not stay in a particular disoussion of them, but refer the Reader to the place before cited, where the text is opened at large, and particular observations given from it. Take only this observation in generall.
That, A godly man labours to exalt God, both in his thoughts and in his words, with heart and tongue, when God depresses and humbles him most.
Mark in what a condition Job was, when he speaks thus honourably of the name and power of God. One would think, Job had little reason to extol the power of God, which he felt to his own smart; Job was stripped of all he had, his outward comforts were taken from him, and the arrows of the Almighty wounded his very spirit. Now when he had wounded Job through and through, through flesh and through spirit, even at this time, when God appeared, making no use of his power but to undo Job, Job is in his Encomium, all in the praise and commendation of God. He indites a Chapter on purpose to set forth the power and wisdom of God, while he employed both to make his afflictions both great and accurate. This shows the admirable frame of his spirit; in all his distempers his heart stood right, and he would speak good of God, what evil soever ⟨p. 223⟩