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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.
Once more, There is a lifting up of our heads in our selves, and a lifting up of our heads in Christ. Job disclaims the former here, but he all along assumes the later. We cannot lift up our heads too high, in the thoughts of free grace, nor hang them down too low, in the thought of our own works.
1Further, While Job saith, I will not lift up my head, he meaneth less then he speaketh. In Scripture there is sometimes less expressed then is intended, and sometimes more. That of the Apostle (1 Cor. 15.58.) Your labour shall not be in vain in the Lord, rises in sense higher then the expression, our labour in the Lord shall not only not be in vain, but abundantly advantageous. This of Job, I will not lift up my head, falls in sense below his expression, for his meaning is, I will abase my self before God, I will be so far from priding my self, or walking (as the daughters of Jerusalem are described by the Prophet, Isaiah 3.16.) with a stretched forth neck; that I will rather hang down my head.
1Further, While Job saith, I will not lift up my head, he meaneth lesse then he speaketh. In Scripture there is sometimes lesse expressed then is intended, and sometimes more. That of the Apostle (1 Cor. 15.58.) Your labour shall not be in vain in the Lord, rises in sense higher then the expression, our labour in the Lord shall not only not be in vain, but abundantly advantageous. This of Job, I will not lift up my head, fals in sense below his expression, for his meaning is, I will abase my self before God, I will be so farre from priding my self, or walking (as the daughters of Jerusalem are described by the Prophet, Isaiah 3.16.) with a stretched forth necke; that I will rather hang downe my head.