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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
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First, He tells us how, and in what manner he was handled by God in those days of his affliction, Vers. 12, 13, 14.
First, He tels us how, and in what manner he was handled by God in those dayes of his affliction, Vers. 12, 13, 14.
Secondly, He tells us how he behaved himself under the hand of God, or how he was affected with these afflictions, Vers. 15, 16. I have sowed sackcloth upon my skin, and defiled my horn in the dust, &c. As Gods hand was heavy upon him, so he held out all the demonstrations and emblems of a heavy heart: I sowed sackcloth upon my skin.
Secondly, He tels us how he behaved himselfe under the hand of God, or how he was affected with these afflictions, Vers. 15, 16. I have sowed sackcloath upon my skin, and defiled my horne in the dust, &c. As Gods hand was heavy upon him, so he held out all the demonstrations and emblemes of a heavy heart: I sowed sackcloth upon my skin.
He begins with, or rather prosecutes the description (for he had spoken much of it before) of his sad afflictions. And because contraries illustrate, and set forth one another, therefore, he first shows what condition he had been in: secondly, what he then was in. Our present wants and evils are aggravated by our former comforts and enjoyments.
He begins with, or rather prosecutes the description (for he had spoken much of it before) of his sad afflictions. And because contraries illustrate, and set forth one another, therefore, he first shewes what condition he had been in: secondly, what he then was in. Our present wants and evills are aggravated by our former comforts and enjoyments.