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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 9
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God (to sense) doth seem to exercise a kind of cruelty (even the cruelty of wild Beasts) towards those whom he dearly loves.
God (to sense) doth seeme to excercise a kinde of cruelty (even the cruelty of wilde Beasts) towards those whom hee dearely loves.
What are tearing and gnashing of teeth? What is the sharpening of the eye? Is not any one of these, much more all ⟨p. 268⟩these in one, the discovery of cruelty. Job saith all this: and doth not Hezekiah say as much (Isa. 38.13.) I reckoned till morning, that as a Lyon, so will he break all my bones, from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. We find God taking upon himself those similitudes, not only in reference to his Enemies, but also to his own people; for as he deals with the wicked when they provoke him, so in proportion with his own. Outward dispensations make no difference; I will take vengeance, I will not meet thee as a man (Isa. 43.3.) that is, I will not show so much as any humane pity or compassion, much less Divine, but I will meet thee as a Beast. Thus God threatened to deal with Babylon; and thus he appears to deal with Zion, with the choicest Sons and Daughters of Zion.
What are tearing and gnashing of teeth? What is the sharpening of the eye? Is not any one of these, much more all ⟨p. 268⟩these in one, the discovery of cruelty. Job saith all this: and doth not Hezekiah say as much (Isa. 38.13.) I reckoned till morning, that as a Lyon, so will he breake all my bones, from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me. We finde God taking upon himselfe those similitudes, not onely in reference to his Enemies, but also to his owne people; for as he deales with the wicked when they provoke him, so in proportion with his owne. Outward dispensations make no difference; I will take vengeance, I will not meet thee as a man (