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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.
Who shall say unto him, What doest thou?
That's further considerable; man is not only not able to stop the Lord from what he would do,1 but he hath no right to put in a plea against what he hath done, no nor to ask him what he hath been doing, or why he did it. The superior may ask the inferior, and call him to an account: Every inferior Judge and Court, is accountable to those above; that is the highest Court, and he the highest Judge, to whom no man can say, What doest thou? The Parliament of England is therefore the highest Judicatory in this Kingdom, because their actions are not questionable in any other Court; one Parliament may say to another, What hast thou done? This Parliament hath said to Parliaments that have gone before, What have ye done in making such and such Laws? No power of man besides their own can question some men, much less can any man question God, and say to him, What doest thou? He is supreme, there is no appeal to any other higher Judge, or higher Court. Hence observe,
That's further considerable; man is not only not able to stop the Lord from what he would do,1 but he hath no right to put in a plea against what he hath done, no nor to ask him what he hath been doing, or why he did it. The superiour may ask the inferiour, and call him to an account: Every infer•our Judge and Court, is accountable to those above; that is the highest Court, and he the highest Judge, to whom no man can say, What doest thou? The Parliament of England is therefore the highest Judicatory in this Kingdom, because their actions are not questionable in any other Court; one Parliament may say to another, What hast thou done? This Parliament hath said to Parliaments that have gone before, What have ye done in making such and such Laws? No power of man besides their own can question some men, much lesse can any man question God, and say to him, What doest thou? He is supreme, there is no appeal to any other higher Judge, or higher Court. Hence observe,