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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 then, to receive by donation from God, may note any way of possession. What wicked men inherit by succession and descent from their ancestors, is a gift of God.
So then, to receive by donation from God, may note any way of possession. What wicked men inherit by succession and descent from their ancestours, is a gift of God.
Yea, what they get and hold by violence and oppression, is a gift of God. The earth which wicked men tear out of the hands of the godly; the earth which they stain with the blood of lawful owners, that they may enjoy it; even this is said to be given unto them by God, in that common way of providence. Nebuchadnezzar was a cruel oppressor, yet he had the earth given him by God, Jer. 27.6. Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon my servant, and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. God gave him the land, yet Nebuchadnezzar invaded it, and got it by violence. God sent him (Isa. 10.6.) but he went of his own errand, vers. 7. He had no thought of serving the will and commands of God, but of serving his own ambition and covetousness: yet of this cruel oppressor the Lord saith, I have given him all these lands &c. Thus, The earth is given, Into the hand of the wicked.
Yea, what they get and hold by violence and oppression, is a gift of God. The earth which wicked men tear out of the hands of the godly; the earth which they stain with the bloud of lawfull owners, that they may enjoy it; even this is said to be given unto them by God, in that common way of providence. Nebuchadnezzar was a cruell oppressour, yet he had the earth given him by God, Jer. 27.6. Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon my servant, and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. God gave him the land, yet Nebuchadnezzar invaded it, and got it by violence. God sent him (