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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.
Shall we judge God in what he doth, when we cannot apprehend what he doth? A Judge must have the full cognizance of the matter before him, how else can he pass sentence about it? Shall man be so bold as to get up into the throne, and pass sentence upon what God doth, when he cannot apprehend or take in evidence of what he doth? He goeth by thee, and thou seest him not; he passeth on also, and thou perceivest him not; And wilt thou censure what thou canst not perceive?
Shall we judge God in what he doth, when we cannot apprehend what he doth? A Judge must have the full cognizance of the matter before him, how else can he passe sentence about it? Shall man be so bold as to get up into the throne, and passe sentence upon what God doth, when he cannot apprehend or take in evidence of what he doth? He goeth by thee, and thou seest him not; he passeth on also, and thou perceivest him not; And wilt thou censure what thou canst not perceive?
Fourthly, Which is Jobs scope,
It should be matter of great humiliation to us that we see so little of God.