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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.
God doth sometimes even bespeak the intercession of others, and complains that none come in to deliver a people or a person out of his hand. When he was about to destroy Sodom, he tells it unto Abraham, probably, for that very end, that Abraham might intercede for Sodom, and (at least) get Lot out of his hand. When God was about to execute his judgments upon Jerusalem, 1He saw and there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor, none to take him off from destroying that people (Isa. 59.16.) The Prophet complains in words of the same importance (chap. 64.7.) There is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee. Friends, seeing a father go out hastily to correct his child, rise presently, or stir up themselves to take hold of the father, or to mediate for the child, Pray spare him for this time ⟨p. 485⟩and hold your hand: but saith the Prophet, There is none that will stir up himself to take hold of God. He is going out in wrath, and no man puts him in mind of mercy, with that cry of another Prophet, O spare thy people, and give not thine heritage to reproach! When Abraham was ready to slay Isaac upon the altar, when his hand was stretched out to fetch the fatal blow, just then, did the Angel take hold of his sword, and delivered Isaac out of his hand. God saith to Moses (Exod. 32.10.) Let me alone; God was about to destroy that people, Moses would not permit him, he seeks to deliver Israel out of the revenging hand of God, by that holy violence of prayer and supplication.
God doth sometimes even bespeak the intercession of others, and complains that none come in to deliver a people or a person out of his hand. When he was about to destroy Sodom, he tels it unto Abraham, probably, for that very end, that Abraham might intercede for Sodom, and (at least) get Lot out of his hand. When God was about to execute his judgments upon Jerusalem, 1He saw and there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessour, none to take him off from destroying that people (