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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
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; God is Great.
He that is greater then the Greatest, is certainly great; he that is higher then the highest, is high. This greatness of God is every where celebrated in Scripture. The Prophet (Isa: 12.6.) calls the inhabitant of Zion to cry out and shout; why? For great is the holy One of Israel in the midst of thee; that is, the holy one of Israel who is in the midst of thee, is both Great in himself, and declares his greatness in thee. (Mal: 1.14.) I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathens. I need not stay to give particular Scriptures to hold forth the attribute of Gods greatness, his greatness runs through all his attributes. Whatsoever God is, he is great in it; He is great in power (Psal: 56.3. Psal: 147.5.) he is great in all sorts of power, great in authoritative power, and great in executative power. As God commandeth what he pleaseth to be done, so he can do what he commandeth. The power of man in doing is not always commensurate with his power in commanding; but Gods is. He needs no help, much less any leave to execute what he willeth. Again, God is great in wisdom, he hath the compass of all things in his understanding; God is so wise, that he is called the only wise God (1 Tim: 1.17.) The wisdom of men and Angels is folly to his. God is great also in his goodness, so great that Christ himself as man would not be called good, but told him that called him so by way of rebuke, There is none good but one, that is God (Math: 19.17.) Holy David brake out into the admiration of that goodness which God hath laid up, yea of that which he daily worketh for man. How much more did he and ought we to admire that goodness which is not so much in himself as himself? (Psal: 31.19.) O how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee, which thou ⟨p. 235⟩workest for them that trust upon thee before the sons of men. The goodness which God acts and puts forth for the creature, is a great goodness (Isa: 63.7. Neh: 9.25•) but that goodness which is the goodness of his nature, is a goodness as great as God is, a goodness infinite in greatness. Again, how often is God called great, yea admired for his greatness in mercy? When David (2 Sam: 24.14.) made choice to fall into the hands of God; he gave this reason of it, For his mercies are great. He is also great in wrath; we read (