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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.
First, A confutation of Jobs reply to Eliphaz; and he gives it us shadowed by an elegant similitude in the second verse, How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like the strong wind? There's a censure upon all that he had spoken.
First, A confutation of Jobs reply to Eliphaz; and he gives it us shadowed by an elegant similitude in the second verse, How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like the strong winde? There's a censure upon all that he had spoken.
Secondly, He gives us an assertive Question, concerning the justice of God; to clear it from, and set it above, whatsoever might seem to stain it in the eyes of men. This we have at the third verse, Doth God pervert judgement? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? Not he.
Thirdly, In the body of the Chapter he urges divers arguments to confirm this conclusion, that, God is just; and there are three heads of argument, by which he confirms it.
First, From the example of Jobs children, and from his own present, with the possibility of his future condition, in case he repent, from the third verse unto the eighth.