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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.
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?
Show me the man: having described the Lord in his wisdom and power, he challengeth all the world, and sends defiance to all creatures in heaven and in earth, to meet with this God. As if he had said, Friends, Do ye think I have any thought to contend with God? No, I know not one who hath accepted this challenge, or hardened himself against God and prospered. If my own conscience would ⟨p. 160⟩not, yet their harms who have attempted it, might warn me from such presumption.
Shew me the man: having described the Lord in his wisdome and power, he challengeth all the world, and sends defiance to all creatures in heaven and in earth, to meet with this God. As if he had said, Friends, Doe ye thinke I have any thought to contend with God? No, I know not one who hath accepted this challenge, or hardened himself against God and prospered. If my own conscience would ⟨p. 160⟩not, yet their harms who have attempted it, might warn me from such presumption.