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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.
As it is taken for a challenge, so the sense lies thus, If I should stand upon terms with God, and call him to an account to make good what he hath done; And he had answered me; that is, if he had condescended to give me an account of his ways; yet I would not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice, that is, that he had yielded to me, or acknowledged that he had done me wrong. Shall I, who am but dust and ashes, prevail in my suit, and get the day by pleading and contending with the great God of heaven and earth?
As it is taken for a challenge, so the sense lies thus, If I should stand upon terms with God, and call him to an account to make good what he hath done; And he had answered me; that is, if he had condescended to give me an account of his vvaies; yet I would not believe that he had hearkned unto my voice, that is, that he had yeelded to me, or acknowledged that he had done me wrong. Shall I, who am but dust and ashes, prevail in my sute, and get the day by pleading and contending vvith the great God of heaven and earth?
Take the word as it signifies invocation, or calling by way of petition (Psal. 50.15.) Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee. And so two or three interpretations are offered.
Take the word as it signifies invocation, or calling by vvay of petition (Psal. 50.15.) Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee. And so two or three interpretations are offered.
1First, Some in favour of Job conceive that he speaks this only through the infirmity of his flesh, that it was sin within him that spake, and not Job; according to that of the Apostle,