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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 25
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, All power; Shaddai is he that hath power to do all things: Omnipotency is one of the incommunicable Attributes of God:1 All the power of man is of his giving, but he hath not given all power to any man, no nor to all men. Only Christ as Mediator, or God-man hath all power given to him. It is not the will of God to do all that is in his power, but it is in his power to do whatsoever he will. If the wicked mans power were such, what work would he make? If he could do as much as himself pleaseth, he would do nothing, which should please either God or good men.
First, All power; Shaddai is he that hath power to doe all things: Omnipotency is one of the incommunicable Attributes of God:1 All the power of man is of his giving, but he hath not given all power to any man, no nor to all men. Onely Christ as Mediator, or God-man hath all power given to him. It is not the will of God to doe all that is in his power, but it is in his power to doe whatsoever he will. If the wicked mans power were such, what worke would he make? If he could doe as much as himselfe pleaseth, he would doe nothing, which should please either God or good men.
- 1Qui omnia potest.
1Secondly, The word signifieth, such a one as hath a sufficiency in himself to do what he will; God needeth not to go out for any aid, or call in the assistance of any creature: Shaddai is the Original of power, he hath all his power laid up in his own compass, and his compass is infiniteness; he is self sufficient. Some Princes think they have power enough to do what they will, but they must do it with other mens hands. Though they have a civill power or authority to command all, yet they have not a natural power, strength, or ability to execute all. God hath both these powers, he hath absolute authority to command all to serve and help him; and he hath such an absolute ability, that he needs none to serve or help him: He that made the World alone, what cannot he do alone? God calls for our help that we may have the honour of it, not that he hath any want of it.