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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.
What or who is this messenger? The word in the Hebrew hath a three-fold signification; all which are insisted upon by interpreters upon this place.
First, It signifieth an Angel; Now, Angels properly taken are spiritual or incorporeal substances, whose both office and high dignity it is to attend about the throne of God, and to be sent forth upon his special service (Psal: 103.20.) Bless the Lord ye his Angels that excel in strength, that do his commandments, ⟨p. 371⟩and hearken to the voice of his word. God hath thousand thousands of these servants ministering to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand standing before him (Dan: 7.10.)
First, It signifieth an Angel; Now, Angels properly taken are spirituall or incorporeall substances, whose both office and high dignity it is to attend about the throne of God, and to be sent forth upon his speciall service (Psal: 103.20.) Bless the Lord ye his Angels that excell in strength, that doe his commandements, ⟨p. 371⟩and hearken to the voyce of his word. God hath thousand thousands of these servants ministring to him, and ten thousand times ten thousand standing before him (Dan: 7.10.)
Some stay upon this exposition, affirming that here we are to understand an Angel by nature; And hereupon ground the ministering of Angels to those who are either sick in body, or troubled in mind. Yea the Popish writers would hence prove the intercession of Angels for man, and mans invocation of Angels; but though the exposition be granted, yet it yields no ground for this Inference. For what though God should send an Angel to instruct and comfort a sick man, will it therefore follow that the sick man should pray to him, and so give him the honour which is due to God?