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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.
Thirdly, The hands of God are all second causes, which God useth toward the production of any effect.1 All hands work for God, they work for him, while they are set a work against him; and so may be called, The hands of God. Mans making since the Creation, is not an immediate work; the Creation of the first man was. Yet it is so much the work of God still, that every man is the work of his hands, as well as the first man. All inferior causes concurring to the making of man are the hands, by which God maketh man.
Thirdly, The hands of God are all second causes, which God useth toward the production of any effect.1 All hands work for God, they work for him, while they are set a work against him; and so may be called, The hands of God. Mans making since the Creation, is not an immediate work; the Creation of the first man was. Yet it is so much the work of God still, that every man is the work of his hands, as well as the first man. All inferiour causes concurring to the making of man are the hands, by which God maketh man.
- 1Causis secundis veluti quibusdā manibus utitur Deus ad producendas res sublunares. Aquin.Causis secundis veluti quibusdā manibus utitur Deus ad producendas res sublunares. Aquin.
Fourthly, The hands of God, are generally taken for the power and wisdom of God. The hand of power acts, what the hand of wisdom doth contrive. As the hand is often put for power, so to put any thing into the hand of another, is to put it into his power. That grant which was made to Satan at the beginning of this book, runs in this strain, Behold, be (meaning Job) is in thine hand (that is, Thou mayest do with him what thou wilt) only save his life (Chap. 2.6.)
Fourthly, The hands of God, are generally taken for the power and wisdom of God. The hand of power acts, what the hand of wisdom doth contrive. As the hand is often put for power, so to put any thing into the hand of another, is to put it into his power. That grant which was made to Satan at the beginning of this book, runs in this strain, Behold, be (meaning Job) is in thine hand (that is, Thou maist do with him what thou wilt) only save his life (Chap. 2.6.)