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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.
Bildad's argument speaks to this effect; God who hath punished thee is just, therefore thou art unjust. Job in answer, grants the antecedent, but denies the consequent. His grant of the antecedent appears in the two first verses of the Chapter, I know it is so of a truth (I yield this) but how should man be just with God? He proves and confirms that God is just, in the fourth verse, by a double medium.
Bildads argument speaks to this effect; God who hath punished thee is just, therefore thou art unjust. Job in answer, grants the antecedent, but denies the consequent. His grant of the antecedent appears in the two first verses of the Chapter, I know it is so of a truth (I yeeld this) but how should man be just with God? He proves and confirms that God is just, in the fourth verse, by a double medium.
First, From his wisdom, He is wise in heart. And
First, From his wisdome, He is wise in heart. And
Secondly, From his power, He is mighty in strength. What force there is in these two Attributes to hold up the justice of God, we shall see afterwards.