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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 23
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What the day of darkness is, learn upon the former Verse, He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness; there I showed a fivefold darkness, here I shall reduce it to one of these two.
What the day of darknesse is, learne upon the former Verse, He beleeveth not that he shall returne out of darknesse; there I shewed a fivefold darknesse, here I shall reduce it to one of these two.
The day of darkness is either the day of death, or the day of affliction; so 'tis taken (Eccles. 5.17.) All his days he eateth in darkness; that is, he is in sorrow all his days: Though he hath Sun light, or Candle light enough at his Table, yet he hath no light in his heart. So the Prophet Amos (5.20.) Shall not the day of the Lord be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it? There is a day of the Lord which is nothing but light, and there is a day of the Lord which is nothing but darkness, that is of tribulation and anguish upon the soul that sins. The Prophet Joel calls it, A day of darkness, and of gloominess, a day of clouds and of thick darkness. He knows that the day of darkness is,
The day of darknesse is either the day of death, or the day of affliction; so 'tis taken (Eccles. 5.17.) All his dayes hee eateth in darknesse; that is, hee is in sorrow all his dayes: Though he hath Sun light, or Candle light enough at his Table, yet he hath no light in his heart. So the Prophet Amos (5.20.) Shall not the day of the Lord be darknesse, and not light? Even very darke, and no brightnesse in it? There is a day of the Lord which is nothing but light, and there is a day of the Lord which is nothing but darknesse, that is of tribulation and anguish upon the soule that sins. The Prophet Joel calls it, A day of darknesse, and of gloominesse, a day of clouds and of thick darknesse. He knowes that the day of darknesse is,