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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.
Secondly, Pillars are as often taken in a political sense, Psal. 75.3. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved. How comes it then to pass that they are not utterly destroyed? It follows, I bear up the pillars of it; that is, I maintain Governors and Magistrates, some in places of power and authority, by whom shaking, tottering Kingdoms are upheld. Our experience teaches us this; We live in a Nation, of which we may say, Our earth with the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, we are a broken and a shattered people; yet the Lord bears up our Pillar, * the Parliament, the politic pillar of our Nation; we had long ago lain in the dust, if God had not borne up this pillar. The chief counsels of the adversary have been to weaken and undermine, to ruin and pull down this pillar. They (like Samson) have taken hold of our two pillars, and bowed themselves with all their might (Judg. 16.28.) but neither have they proved Samsons, nor proved us Philistines.
Secondly, Pillars are as often taken in a politicall sense, Psal. 75.3. The earth and all the inhabitants thereof are dissolved. How comes it then to passe that they are not utterly destroied? It follows, I bear up the pillars of it; that is, I maintain Governours and Magistrates, some in places of power and authority, by whom shaking, tottering Kingdoms are upheld. Our experience teaches us this; We live in a Nation, of which we may say, Our earth with the inhabitants thereof are dissolved, we are a broken and a shattered people; yet the Lord bears up our Pillar, * the Parliament, the politique pillar of our Nation; we had long ago lain in the dust, if God had not borne up this pillar. The chief counsels of the adversary have been to weaken and undermine, to ruine and pull down this pillar. They (like Samson) have taken hold of our two pillars, and bowed themselves with all their might (Judg. 16.28.) but neither have they proved Samsons, nor proved us Philistines.