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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.
Strength maybe considered two ways. There is civill strength, and there is natural strength. Civill strength is authority and power to command.1 A man is armed and strengthened by laws and commissions. These put authority into his hands. The Lord is mighty in this strength, he hath all authority, all command in his hands, not by commission from others, but originally from himself. Natural strength executes and exercises the former; a man may have much civill strength, but if he want natural strength, to put it in act, he can do little or nothing. As God by his Sovereignty is above all creatures; so by his power he is able to bring all creatures under him, and subdue them to his command. Thus God is mighty in strength. He hath a right of authority, by which he may, and an arm of power, by which he can make all stoop to him. Hence observe,
Strength maybe considered two waies. There is civill strength, and there is naturall strength. Civill strength is authority and power to command.1 A man is armed and strengthened by laws and commissions. These put authority into his hands. The Lord is mighty in this strength, he hath all authority, all command in his hands, not by commission from others, but originally from himself. Naturall strength executes and exercises the former; a man may have much civill strength, but if he want naturall strength, to put it in act, he can do little or nothing. As God by his Soveraignty is above all creatures; so by his power he is able to bring all creatures under him, and subdue them to his command. Thus God is mighty in strength. He hath a right of authority, by which he may, and an arm of power, by which he can make all stoop to him. Hence observe,
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