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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
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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.
The second argument is drawn from the testimony of antiquity, and that's laid down in the eighth, ninth and tenth verses.
The third argument appears in the similitudes; 1. Of a rush or flag, in the 11, 12, and 13, verses. 2. Of a spiders-web, in the 14, and 15, verses. 3. Of a Tree flourishing for a time, but anon plucked up, in the 16, 17, 18, and 19, verses. These are the arguments and illustrations of his grand assertion.