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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.
That God hath time enough to do his work in.
His days are not as mans days. He needs not hasten his work, lest he should loose his opportunity, who is possessed of eternity. And
His daies are not as mans daies. He needs not hasten his work, lest he should loose his opportunity, who is possessed of eternity. And
Secondly, This (by the way) showeth us the infinite happiness and unconceivable blessedness of God; His days are not as mans days; one of mans days carrieth away one comfort, and the next a second. This day brings one comfort, and the next a second, and so he looseth or receiveth his comforts by days and by days, by the fluxes and refluxes of time. God hath all his happiness in eternity, that is, he hath all at once. Time neither bringeth nor carrieth away from God. He enjoyeth as much at this present, what he ever had, as what he hath at this present; and he enjoys as much what shall be, as he doth what is present; he enjoyeth all at once, because he seeth all at once. God hath not one thing after another, but all together. Eternity is the longest and the shortest, it is longest in duration, and the shortest in fruition, not that the enjoyment of any thing there is short, but because in the shortest enjoyment there is all. Every moment of eternity being filled with all the blessedness of eternity.
Secondly, This (by the way) sheweth us the infinite happinesse and unconceivable blessednesse of God; His daies are not as mans daies; one of mans daies carrieth away one comfort, and the next a second. This day brings one comfort, and the next a second, and so he looseth or receiveth his comforts by daies and by daies, by the fluxes and refluxes of time. God hath all his happines in eternity, that is, he hath all at once. Time neither bringeth nor carrieth away from God. He enjoyeth as much at this present, what he ever had, as what he hath at this present; and he enjoys as much what shall be, as he doth what is present; he enjoyeth all at once, because he seeth all at once. God hath not one thing after another, but all together. Eternity is the longest and the shortest, it is longest in duration, and the shortest in fruition, not that the enjoyment of any thing there is short, but because in the shortest enjoyment there is all. Every moment of eternity being filled with all the blessednesse of eternity.