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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.
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.
Doth God pervert judgement? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? No he doth not. And thou mayest learn this lesson from thy own experience, from the example of thy children, from the ⟨p. 3⟩testimony of antiquity, yea the withering rush, the spiders-web, the luxuriant roots and branches of a tree, may all be thy Masters and instructors to teach thee this truth, That God is just.
Doth God pervert judgement? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? No he doth not. And thou maiest learn this lesson from thy own experience, from the example of thy children, from the ⟨p. 3⟩testimony of antiquity, yea the withering rush, the spiders-web, the luxuriant roots and branches of a tree, may all be thy Masters and instructours to teach thee this truth, That God is just.
The fourth and last part of the Chapter, sets forth the favour of God, to those who are faithful and sincere: for having maintained the justice of God, and showed how terrible he will be to hypocrites who deal falsely with him; he now mitigates and mollifies his discourse, by proclaiming the goodness of God to sinners repenting, yea (who are the worst of sinners) to hypocrites if they repent, pluck off their masks or disguises, and truly humble themselves before him. This is the subject of the three last verses of the Chapter, Behold God will not cast away a perfect man. &c. As if he had said, Though God be just to deal with hypocrites, as he hath dealt with thee and thy children, yet he will not cast away the perfect and upright; show thy self such, and he will receive thee. This he quickens by subjoining the further severity of God to those that shall persist in their hypocrisy, ver. 20. and in the close of the 22. Neither will he help the evil doers, and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.