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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.
so when the glory of God irradiates the soul, we see all the motes and atoms of sin, the least spot and unevenness of our hearts or lives; this brings the soul low, and will keep it so. The more we know of God, the more we honour him, and our selves the less. These two are eminent effects of knowing God. As God rises in our thoughts, so we fall. Paul, who had been wrapped up into the third heavens, and had a multitude of divine revelations, calls himself, The least of the Apostles (1 Cor. 15.9.) and less then the least of all Saints (Ephes. 3.8.) not that any thing can be less then the least. The Apostles holy rhetoric, doth not cross Aristotle's philosophy. But (the original being a double diminutive) his meaning is,1 he was as little as could be, therefore he puts himself down, so little, as could not be, less then the least. Job speaks near him, How much less shall I answer him?
so when the glory of God irradiates the soul, we see all the motes and atoms of sinne, the least spot and unevennesse of our hearts or lives; this brings the soul low, and will keep it so. The more we know of God, the more we honour him, and our selves the lesse. These two are eminent effects of knowing God. As God rises in our thoughts, so we fall. Paul, who had been wrapt up into the third heavens, and had a multitude of divine revelations, cals himself, The least of the Apostles (1 Cor. 15.9.) and lesse then the least of all Saints (Ephes. 3.8.) not that any thing can be lesse then the least. The Apostles holy rhetorick, doth not crosse Aristotles philosophy. But (the originall being a double diminutive) his meaning is,1 he was as little as could be, therefore he puts himself down, so little, as could not be, lesse then the least. Job speaks neer him, How much lesse shall I answer him?
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