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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
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Fourthly, It may be understood in the general,1 to note the infinite distance which is between God and man, or the dignity of God above man, The Lord is omnipresent, he is going by, and he is passing on, he is in all places, and he acts his power and wisdom where he pleases. Poor man is confined to a place, to a spot of earth; when he is here, he cannot be there; but God is every where: And though God be every where, yet he cannot be seen any where, where he is. God sees all, himself being unseen, and fills all places, his presence being is unperceived; nothing is hid from him, yet he is hid to every thing, but the faith of his own people. Thus He goeth, and we see him not; he passeth on, and we perceive him not.
Fourthly, It may be understood in the generall,1 to note the infinite distance which is between God and man, or the dignity of God above man, The Lord is omnipresent, he is going by, and he is passing on, he is in all places, and he acts his power and wisdom where he pleases. Poor man is confined to a place, to a spot of earth; when he is here, he cannot be there; but God is every where: And though God be every where, yet he cannot be seen any where, where he is. God sees all, himself being unseen, and fils all places, his presence being is unperceived; nothing is hid from him, yet he is hid to every thing, but the faith of his own people. Thus He goeth, and we see him not; he passeth on, and we perceive him not.
- 1Significatur hic summa distantia inter Deum & homines: Deus omnia videt, & rebus omnibus praesentia & efficaci• sua intervenit, homo suo affixus loco Deum non videt nisi in effectis. Coc.
And so the whole is a confirmation and proof of the general assertion, that the Lord is infinite in power and wisdom, and that man is an ignorant narrow-roomed and narrow-hearted weak creature compared unto him. We may form up the Argument thus: