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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.
Thirdly, Elihu manageth this argument for another end and purpose, then his friends did. They used it to prove Job was wicked or had done wickedly in the former passages of his life; He to show that Job ought to be patient under and quietly submit to the present providences of God.
Thirdly, Elihu mannageth this argument for another end and purpose, then his friends did. They used it to prove Job was wicked or had done wickedly in the former passages of his life; He to shew that Job ought to be patient under and quietly submit to the present providences of God.
Fourthly, This argument which Elihu brings from the greatness of God, hath not at all the less force in it, because grounded upon so common and generally received a principle, the greatness of God; yea, it hath therefore the greater force in it; for what is more unreasonable then for man to intimate any thing which reflects upon God, or to complain of what God doth; when as God, by the common consent of all reasonable men, doth infinitely surpass all men, both in greatness, and in righteousness, both in Justice, and in goodness. When the greatness of God appears in all these things, what can be more unreasonable then for man to insinuate any thing complainingly concerning God. From the consideration of this scope which Elihu had in arguing from the greatness of God;
Fourthly, This argument which Elihu brings from the greatnesse of God, hath not at all the lesse force in it, because grounded upon so common and generally received a principle, the greatnesse of God; yea, it hath therefore the greater force in it; for what is more unreasonable then for man to intimate any thing which reflects upon God, or to complaine of what God doth; when as God, by the common consent of all reasonable men, doth infinitely surpasse all men, both in greatnesse, and in righteousnesse, both in Justice, and in goodnesse. When the greatnesse of God appeares in all these things, what can be more unreasonable then for man to insinuate any thing complainingly concerning God. From the consideration of this scope which Elihu had in arguing from the greatnesse of God;