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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.
Secondly, Others take his going and passing for the acts of hisd favour or dis-favour, He goeth by me in bestowing favours, and He passeth on, in taking them away: his accesses or recesses in mercy or judgement, his love and his wrath are often indiscernible, He goeth by me, he passeth on, he varieth his workings, and I perceive him not. To pass by is taken sometimes for sparing, pardoning, or showing mercy. The Lord by his Prophet (Amos 7.8.) reports several judgements, from a full execution of which he was taken ⟨p. 226⟩off, yet at last he resolves, I will not pass by them any more (it is the word here) that is, I will not have mercy on them any more, I will not spare them any more, the next time I come with my drawn sword in my hand, I will be sure to smite and wound before I put it up, I will not pass by them any more. So [He passeth by me] may note here the sparing mercy of God. The Lord spareth man many times and pardons him, not suffering his whole displeasure to arise, when man takes no notice, but is insensible of it. The word is used in this sense (Prov. 19.11.) It is the glory of man to pass by an offence; that is, to spare a man that hath offended, not to punish him or take revenge: and it is ordinary in our phrase of speech to say, I will pass you by for this time, that is, I will not take any severe notice, or strict account of what you have done. And we find in the same prophecy of Amos, that to pass through, notes judgement and wrath, in the opposite sense; In the fifth Chapter, vers. 17. In all vineyards shall be wailing; Why? For I will pass through thee, 2or I will pass into thy bowels or inwards: So the letter of the original; that is, I will come to judge thee, I will pass through thee as a revenger, and wound thee deeply, insomuch that in all vineyards there shall be wailing; why in all vineyards? When he saith, There shall be wailing in all vineyards, it implies there should be wailing every where: for if there were joy in any place, it would be in the vineyards; vineyards are places of mirth and refreshing, grapes make the wine, which makes glad the heart of man. Therefore when he threatens, That in all vineyards there shall be wailing; it is as much as if he had said, There shall be sorrow in those places where usually the greatest joy was found, or there shall be sorrow in every place.