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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.
4. An eye of flesh seeth at a distance, and at such a distance. Naturalists tell us, there must be a due distance between the eye and the object. If you put the object too near the eye,1 the eye cannot see it, That which is sensible put upon the sense, takes away sensation. Again, if the object be very remote, the eye cannot make any discovery of it, The eye cannot see far, and it cannot discern so far as it can see. We may see a thing, and not know what we see. But the eye of the Lord seeth and discerneth at all distances. There are none so near him, but he knows what they are; nearness doth not hinder his sight; and there are none so far from him, but he can discover what they are, remoteness doth not hinder his sight. And indeed all things are present with him, as in time, so in place; God is nearest, 2even next to every object: He is in every place, yet not included by any, he is in every thing, yet not mixed with any (Prov. 15.3.) The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. His eyes are upon the ways of man, he seeth all his goings (Job 34.21.) and that this seeing is a distinguishing sight, another Scripture clears to us, His eye-lids try the children of men (Psal. 11.5.) Let them be what they will, and where they will, his eye-lids do not only see, but try, that is, he hath a distinct, and a certain knowledge, or a critical sight of the state and condition of every man.
4. An eye of flesh seeth at a distance, and at such a distance. Naturalists tell us, there must be a due distance between the eye and the object. If you put the object too neer the eye,1 the eye cannot see it, That which is sensible put upon the sense, takes away sensation. Again, if the object be very remote, the eye cannot make any discovery of it, The eye cannot see farre, and it cannot discern so farre as it can see. We may see a thing, and not know what we see. But the eye of the Lord seeth and discerneth at all distances. There are none so neer him, but he knows what they are; neernesse doth not hinder his sight; and there are none so farre from him, but he can discover what they are, remotenesse doth not hinder his sight. And indeed all things are present with him, as in time, so in place; God is nearest,