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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.
The Lord withdraweth man from his purpose, and hides pride from man, that so he may in mercy preserve him from perishing both in body and soul, or that he may keep him not only from the first, but from the second death, which is the separation of the whole man from the blessed presence of God for ever. 'Tis a great favour to be kept from the pit where the body corrupts, or from the sword that ⟨p. 331⟩wounds the flesh, but to be kept from that everlasting woe which shall overwhelm the wicked in that bottomless pit or lake of fire and brimstone, this is the highest favour of God to lost man. This is the pit, this the perishing from which (saith Elihu) the Lord keepeth back the soul and life of man.
The Lord withdraweth man from his purpose, and hides pride from man, that so he may in mercy preserve him from perishing both in body and soul, or that he may keep him not only from the first, but from the second death, which is the separation of the whole man from the blessed presence of God for ever. 'Tis a great favour to be kept from the pit where the body corrupts, or from the sword that ⟨p. 331⟩wounds the flesh, but to be kept from that everlasting woe which shall overwhelme the wicked in that bottomlesse pit or lake of fire and brimstone, this is the highest favour of God to lost man. This is the pit, this the perishing from which (saith Elihu) the Lord keepeth back the soul and life of man.
First, from the emphasis of the word, he keepeth back, importing, that God, as it were by strong hand or absolute authority and command, keepeth the soul of man from the pit.
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