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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 19
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When it is said here, that the earth was given to such alone,1 the meaning is not that none had any of the earth given them but they, but none had the earth given them as they, by peculiar promise, and special providence. Further, the giving of the earth may be considered, either as the giving that which is good, or as the giving it for good; as a gift of bounty, or as a gift of mercy; in the latter considerations, the earth is given to good men alone: None have it for good but they who are good, and they only make a good use of it.
When it is said here, that the earth was given to such alone,1 the meaning is not that none had any of the earth given them but they, but none had the earth given them as they, by peculiar promise, and speciall providence. Further, the giving of the earth may be considered, either as the giving that which is good, or as the giving it for good; as a gift of bounty, or as a gift of mercy; in the latter considerations, the earth is given to good men alone: None have it for good but they who are good, and they onely make a good use of it.
- 1Sapientibus solis terra data esse dicitur, quia bonorum terrenorum, ipse sunt domini, utentes iis ad suum bonum. Aquin. in loc.
Hence Observe:
That the earth, or earthly things, are disposed to the Sons of men, by a deed of gift from God: