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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.
Given.] The Lord makes (as it were) a deed of gift of these things unto wicked men. So in the 15th of this book, ver. 19. Unto whom, alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them; which some expound of the righteous, No stranger passed among them; that is, none came in to invade them: Or, as others render it, No strange thing, that is, no unjust thing came in amongst them, they had the earth in their own power and rightful possession.
Given.] The Lord makes (as it were) a deed of gift of these things unto wicked men. So in the 15th of this book, ver. 19. Ʋnto whom, alone the earth was given, and no stranger passed among them; which some expound of the righteous, No stranger passed among them; that is, none came in to invade them: Or, as others render it, No strange thing, that is, no unjust thing came in amongst them, they had the earth in their own power and rightfull possession.
1To be given, noteth two things; or there is a double act of giving.
- 1Nihil alienum, sc. injustum. Jun.
There is a gift by providence, and a gift by promise. When the Lord is said to give the earth into the hand of the wicked; we are to understand it of that common providential gift, whereby he disposeth of all things to all men; no man hath any thing but by the gift of God. Thus wicked Jeroboam had the Kingdom of Israel given him, and so had hypocritical Jehu for four generations, They served the providence of God, and the providence of God exalted them. (Act. 17.26.) He hath made of one blood all Nations of men, for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation; that is, he hath (as it were) chalked out, and drawn a line where the bounds and habitations, whither the dominions and possessions of such men shall be extended, and where they shall be confined. That's a gift of providence.