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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.
I grant also, That the Lord giveth his own people many favours, and speaketh real kindnesses to them, while he hides affliction in his heart. What evil soever he brings upon them, he hath thoughts to do them good, and hath nothing but good for them in his thoughts.
I grant also, That the Lord giveth his own people many favours, and speaketh reall kindenesses to them, while he hides affliction in his heart. What evil soever he brings upon them, he hath thoughts to do them good, and hath nothing but good for them in his thoughts.
We understand by those hidden things, the mercies which Job with his last breath had enumerated: then the words import two things:
We understand by those hidden things, the mercies which Iob with his last breath had enumerated: then the words import two things:
First, An argument to move the Lord not to destroy him, or or to assure his own heart that he would not. As if he had said, Lord, I know thou rememberest well, what thou hast done for me, what cost thou hast been at in making me at first, and in preserving me hitherto; surely then thou wilt not pull all down in a moment.
First, An argument to move the Lord not to destroy him, or or to assure his own heart that he would not. As if he had said, Lord, I know thou remembrest well, what thou hast done for me, what cost thou hast been at in making me at first, and in preserving me hitherto; surely then thou wilt not pull all down in a moment.