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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.
Lastly, Forasmuch as (though God createth and careth for the whole man, yet) the visitation of God is expressed only, as to the spirit. We may observe,
That God doth chiefly take care of, and provide for the spirit or soul of man.
When God formed the body of man at first, out of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils, the breath of life, it is not said he became a living body, or a living man, But, man became a living soul. So here, the work of providence is not enlarged to the whole man, but restrained to his spirit; As if the Lord did scarce think our bodies either worth, or needing a visit in comparison of our spirits. And seeing God cares for nothing in us, so much, as for our spirits, should not our care be chiefly for our spirits? The soul is (upon the matter) all man, ought not man to be most of all for his soul? Shall the thoughts of God be most busied, his care and inspection most fixed upon our spirits, and shall not ours? While Christ in a manner dischargeth us of our outward man (Mat. 6.25.) Take no thought for your life, what ye shall ear, or what ye shall drink, nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on, His meaning was, to charge us more deeply with the inward man; yet how many are there, whose outward man stands them in more cost and care, in more thoughts and visitations for one day, then their spirits or inward man doth for a whole year, yea, for their whole lives! Visitations are frequent and serious for the preserving of the body: but where shall we find serious thoughts of visiting the soul?
When God formed the body of man at first, out of the dust of the earth, and breathed into his nostrils, the breath of life, it is not said he became a living body, or a living man, But, man became a living soul. So here, the work of providence is not enlarged to the whole man, but restrained to his spirit; As if the Lord did scarce thinke our bodies either worth, or needing a visit in comparison of our spirits. And seeing God cares for nothing in us, so much, as for our spirits, should not our care be chiefly for our spirits? The soul is (upon the matter) all man, ought not man to be most of all for his soul? Shall the thoughts of God be most busied, his care and inspection most fixed upon our spirits, and shall not ours? While Christ in a manner dischargeth us of our outward man (