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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1650
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 16 › Verse 8
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Jobs body was lean, his Purse and Name were lean, his leanness and his wrinkles were of the same extent, both reaching all his worldly concernments. The Lord threatens Idolaters (Zeph. 2.11.) that he will famish, or make lean (so we put in the Margin) all their Gods. Jehovah, the true God, who saith to man (Psal. 50.12.) If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, tells these false Gods, that he will make them hungry: But what was the meat of these Gods? It was the ⟨p. 259⟩honour and credit, the worship and service which they had among men. Indeed they who deny the true God, his due honour and worship, do what they can to famish, or make him lean; and when the true God (as he hath done by the Preaching of the Gospel) turns men from Idols to serve, and worship him the living God, then he famisheth those Gods: When Idols lose their esteem, their leanness riseth up, and they go down. Thus also it is with man, his leanness may be said to rise when his credit falls.
Jobs body was leane, his Purse and Name were leane, his leannesse and his wrinkles were of the same extent, both reaching all his worldly concernments. The Lord threatens Idolaters (Zeph. 2.11.) that he will famish, or make leane (so we put in the Margin) all their Gods. Jehovah, the true God, who saith to man (Psal. 50.12.) If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, tels these false Gods, that hee will make them hungry: But what was the meat of these Gods? It was the ⟨p. 259⟩honour and credit, the worship and service which they had among men. Indeed they who deny the true God, his due honour and worship, doe what they can to famish, or make him leane; and when the true God (as he hath done by the Preaching of the Gospel) turnes men from Idols to serve, and worship him the living God, then he famisheth those Gods: When Idols lose their esteeme, their leannesse riseth up, and they goe downe. Thus also it is with man, his leannesse may be said to rise when his credit fals.