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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.
First, Power cannot do it: though the instruments which he useth to take away from us be weak, yet the strong shall not be able to make the weak restore. A weak Nation may destroy a strong Nation, and the stronger shall not be able to make the weaker restore, if the Lord send them. When the Babylonians encamped about Jerusalem, he warns them by his Prophet, do not think you shall deliver your selves by your great strength, I have sent them to take your City and your State, And though they were all wounded me•, yet they shall rise up and take your City (Isa. 43.13.) I will work (saith the Lord) and who shall let it? Who shall let it? Why, they might say, We will have some that shall let it: No (saith the Lord) none shall let it; Behold, I have sent to Babylon, and destroyed all their Princes, those that fought to hinder me in my work by their power and counsel, are broken, though they seemed as strong as iron bars (so the word is,) These bars of iron cannot keep me from entering, I will break all opposition raised against my work.
First, Power cannot doe it: though the instruments which he useth to take away from us be weak, yet the strong shall not be able to make the weak restore. A weak Nation may destroy a strong Nation, and the stronger shall not be able to make the weaker restore, if the Lord send them. When the Babylonians encamped about Jerusalem, he warns them by his Prophet, doe not thinke you shall deliver your selves by your great strength, I have sent them to take your City and your State, And though they were all wounded me•, yet they shall rise up and take your City (Isa. 43.13.) I will work (saith the Lord) and who shall let it? Who shall let it? Why, they might say, We will have some that shall let it: No (saith the Lord) none shall let it; Behold, I have sent to Babylon, and destroyed all their Princes, those that fought to hinder me in my work by their power and counsell, are broken, though they seemed as strong as iron bars (so the word is,) These bars of iron cannot keep me from entring, I will break all opposition raised against my work.