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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 15 › Verse 14
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He speaks contemptuously, What is man? As Hiram said of the Cities which Solomon assigned him, What Cities are these which thou hast given me my brother? And he called them the Land of Cabul, that is, displeasing, or dirty (1 Kings 9.13.) Thus Eliphaz speaks of man, as if he were displeased with the sight of him, or remembered only the dust and clay out of which he was made, What is man (my friend Job) that he should be clean?
He speakes contemptuously, What is man? As Hiram sayd of the Cities which Solomon assigned him, What Cities are these which thou hast given me my brother? And he called them the Land of Cabul, that is, displeasing, or dirty (1 Kings 9.13.) Thus Eliphaz speakes of man, as if he were displeased with the sight of him, or remembred onely the dust and clay out of which he was made, What is man (my freind Job) that he should be cleane?
Job had spoken the same language before (Chap. 7.17.) What is man that thou art thus mindful of him, &c. He also empties man of all worth, which should attract the least respect from God upon him: What is man? puts a fivefold slight upon man.
Job had spoken the same language before (Chap. 7.17.) What is man that thou art thus mindfull of him, &c. He also empties man of all worth, which should attract the least respect from God upon him: What is man? puts a fivefold slight upon man.
First, In his nature: Secondly, In his birth. Thirdly, In the matter out of which he was made. Fourthly, In reference to his present condition. Fifthly, and chiefly, In reference to his corruption, or sinful depravation, What is man that he should be clean?