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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.
This [Wherefore] may have a three-fold reference; 1. Show me, whether it be for sin or no? 2. If it be for sin, Show me for what sin it is? 3. If it be not for sin, Show me for what else it is? What is the thing thou aimest at and intendest? What's the end thou ⟨p. 436⟩proposest to thy self in these my unheard of afflictions?
This [Wherefore] may have a three-fold reference; 1. Shew me, whether it be for sin or no? 2. If it be for sin, Shew me for what sin it is? 3. If it be not for sin, Shew me for what else it is? What is the thing thou aimest at and intendest? What's the end thou ⟨p. 436⟩proposest to thy self in these my unheard of afflictions?
But is it lawful to put such queries, or to desire such resolutions from the Lord? Ought not Job to have prayed for wisdom• how to bear his cross, rather then have asked knowledge, why it was laid upon him?
But is it lawfull to put such queries, or to desire such resolutions from the Lord? Ought not Job to have praied for wisdom• how to bear his crosse, rather then have asked knowledge, why it was laid upon him?
Job desired a reason: First, Not to satisfy his curiosity, but his conscience; not that he would be prying into Gods secrets, or unlocking the cabinet of his counsel to see what was there; but that the secrets of his own heart might be opened, and a discovery made to him of what was hid there. He desired a reason, not doubting the justice of goodness of God, but as suspecting some evil in himself, as yet unseen.