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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.
In both those places of Scripture God comes down to our capacity, but he comes not down to any place in the world. He needs not come any whether, who is every where. God speaks after the manner of men: but he acts not after the manner of men. God gives us an example what we should do, he doth not work after our example. Lest we should judge before we see, God saith, I vvill go down and see, before I judge: lest we should censure one another upon fames and common cries without further enquiry, whether it be so or no, therefore the Lord saith, I will go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry that is come unto me. God knew Sodom was wicked, before he came down, but he came down to make it known, that he knew it.
In both those places of Scripture God comes down to our capacity, but he comes not down to any place in the vvorld. He needs not come any vvhether, who is every vvhere. God speaks after the manner of men: but he acts not after the manner of men. God gives us an example what we should do, he doth not work after our example. Lest we should judge before we see, God saith, I vvill go down and see, before I judge: lest we should censure one another upon fames and common cries without further enquiry, whether it be so or no, therefore the Lord saith, I will go down and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry that is come unto me. God knew Sodom vvas vvicked, before he came down, but he came down to make it known, that he knew it.
As those Scriptures seem to import that God knew not how wicked the builders of Babel were, or the dwellers in Sodom, till he took pains to enquire; so another Scripture imports, that he did not know Abraham was a godly man, till he made an experiment of it, by putting him upon that hard piece of obedience, the offering up of his son, Now I know thou fearest me (Gen. 22.12.) as if the Lord had collected his knowledge of what Abraham was, from what Abraham did. But that testimony of God, Now I know, is but now I have made it known, or, now I know that in the fruit, which I knew before in the root; now I see my fear in thy works, as before I saw it in thy faith. That place (