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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.
Hence observe.
Striving with God is a presumptuous sin.
The Prophet saith, (Isa: 45.9.) Woe unto him that striveth with his maker. Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth: Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makest thou? or thy work he hath no hands? When the Prophet saith, Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth; his meaning is, let man strive with man, but let not any man presume to strive with his maker; for then the potsherd striveth with the potter. In all which he doth not encourage man to strive with man, (though his match) but showeth how insufferable a boldness it is for any man (how matchless soever among men) to strive with God. The King of Judah having sent a challenge to the King of Israel, He returned this answer (2 Kings 14.9.) The thistle ⟨p. 252⟩that was in Lebanon sent to the Cedar that was in Lebanon, &c. As if he had said, What a presumption is it for a thistle to equal it self with a Cedar? and therefore he adviseth (v. 10.) Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, and thy heart hath lifted thee up: glory of this and tarry at home; for why shouldest thou meddle to thy hurt, that thou shouldest fall, thou and Judah with thee? As if he had said, thou canst get nothing by meddling with me but blows, and most probably, thine own ruin to boot. Now if an earthly King shall look upon it as a presumption for another King his equal in dignity to contend with him, how much more may the God of heaven, who is King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, count it an high presumption for any man, though the greatest King on earth, to strive with him?
The Prophet saith, (Isa: 45.9.) Woe unto him that striveth with his maker. Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth: Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makest thou? or thy work he hath no hands? When the Prophet saith, Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth; his meaning is, let man strive with man, but let not any man presume to strive with his maker; for then the potsherd striveth with the potter. In all which he doth not encourage man to strive with man, (though his match) but sheweth how insufferable a boldness it is for any man (how matchlesse soever among men) to strive with God. The King of Judah having sent a challenge to the King of Israel, He returned this answer (