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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.
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?
Some stay upon this exposition, affirming that here we are to understand an Angel by nature; And hereupon ground the ministring 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 yeilds 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?
Secondly, The word is applied in particular to Jesus Christ the uncreated Angel, or the creating Angel, the Lord of Angels, who, by way of eminency is called, The Angel of his presence, (Isa: 63.9.) and the (Angel or) messenger of the Covenant, (Mal: 3.1.) He also was that Angel of whom the Lord spake to the children of Israel (Exod: 23.20.) saying,1 Behold I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not, for he will not pardon your transgressions (if you persist in them) for my name is in him, that is, he is of the same nature with my self, and with that nature he hath my name, Jehovah. Thus some carry it here, as if Elihu specially intended the ministration of Jesus Christ, the Angel of the Covenant, to the sick sinner, for his restoring both as to the health of soul and body. 'Tis true, Jesus Christ is the great Angel, or messenger, and he primarily and chiefly doth all the business for poor sinners; he is the messenger sent from God, and he is the interpreter of the mind of God, he came from the bosom of the father, and reveals the mysteries of heaven to us by his holy Spirit. He indeed is the one of a thousand, the chiefest of ten thousand, to show unto man his uprightness. Yet, I conceive, that in this place, not the Lord of Angels alone, but some Angel of the Lord is also intended. And therefore,