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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 15
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.
First, Because God is said to dwell in the Saints,1 they are his habitation, and wheresoever God dwells he makes a Heaven.
First, Because God is said to dwell in the Saints,1 they are his habitation, and wheresoever God dwels he makes a Heaven.
- 1Sancti in quibus tanquam in caelis habitare dicitur Deus, caeli dicuntur, quae allegoria frequentissima est inter antiquos patres, Pined.
Secondly, Because the Saints, not only those in Heaven, but they on earth, have their conversation in Heaven; (Phil. 3.20.) As carnal and earthly minded men are called Earth, because their hearts and conversations are fixed to the earth; so spiritual and heavenly minded men may be called Heaven, because their hearts and conversations are fixed in Heaven.
Secondly, Because the Saints, not onely those in Heaven, but they on earth, have their conversation in Heaven; (Phil. 3.20.) As carnall and earthly minded men are called Earth, because their hearts and conversations are fixed to the earth; so spirituall and heavenly minded men may be called Heaven, because their hearts and conversations are fixed in Heaven.
Thirdly, We may rather understand it in a proper sense; the heavens, that is, The heavenly bodies are not clear in thy sight; the heavens are the most excellent and purest part of the Creation: And therefore this interpretation, or rather plain construction of the words, suites the scope of Eliphaz fully, who as he spake before of the Angels, who are the purest of all rational