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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.
But some may say, who knoweth not this that God is Great, or that he is greater then men or devils? Job himself spake much of this subject, yea his friends made it their business to exalt the greatness of God, as we may see in several passages of this Book. So that Elihu seemeth to say no more here, then had been said already, and doth no more then hath been done already. Is not this then a cold way of arguing to tell Job that which he knew already?
But some may say, who knoweth not this that God is Great, or that he is greater then men or devills? Job himselfe spake much of this subject, yea his friends made it their businesse to exalt the greatnesse of God, as we may see in severall passages of this Booke. So that Elihu seemeth to say no more here, then had been sayd already, and doth no more then hath been done already. Is not this then a cold way of arguing to tell Job that which he knew already?
For answer to this I shall stay a while (as was promised) before I go off from these words, to show why though for the matter this is no more then hath been said already; that, yet Elihu had reason to bring this argument for the conviction of Job, that God is greater then man; for though the Greatness of God hath been often spoken of in the course of this disputation, between Job and his friends, yet neither Job nor his friends did handle or improve it to that point, or in that extent, as here intended by Elihu, as may appear by these following Considerations.
For answer to this I shall stay a while (as was promised) before I goe off from these words, to shew why though for the matter this is no more then hath been sayd already; that, yet Elihu had reason to bring this argument for the conviction of Job, that God is greater then man; for though the Greatnesse of God hath been often spoken of in the course of this disputation, between Job and his friends, yet neither Job nor his friends did handle or improve it to that poynt, or in that extent, as here intended by Elihu, as may appeare by these following Considerations.