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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.
Again, Take this general concerning all the Attributes of God, when it is said, He is wise in heart and mighty in strength &c. These are not qualities in God; they are in men. Wisdom is to them an accident, and so is strength, whether civill strength or natural, it may be severed from them, and they still keep their being. But the wisdom of God is the wise God, and the power of God is the powerful God, and the knowledge of God is the knowing God. These Attributes are not accidents, but his essence, not qualities, but his nature.
Again, Take this generall concerning all the Attributes of God, when it is said, He is wise in heart and mighty in strength &c. These are not qualities in God; they are in men. Wisdome is to them an accident, and so is strength, whether civill strength or naturall, it may be severed from them, and they still keep their being. But the wisdome of God is the wise God, and the power of God is the powerfull God, and the knowledge of God is the knowing God. These Attributes are not accidents, but his essence, not qualities, but his nature.
From both these Attributes laid together, Job draws down his great conclusion, which he puts by way of question.
Who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?