A35535:1623
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.
Here in the text we must suppose this messenger had prayed, and having prayed, he did not neglect his prayer, but was hearkening what the Lord would say. Elihu was confident the Lord would give a gracious answer, though not by an immediate voice or revelation to his ear, yet by an assurance of the mercy given into his spirit. When that good king Hezekiah, was not only sick unto death, but had received an express message from the Lord, Set thy house in order, for thou shalt dye and not live (2 Kings 20.1.) 'Tis said at the 2d verse, He turned his face to the wall, and ⟨p. 402⟩prayed unto the Lord, saying, &c. And at the 4th verse, The word of the Lord came to Isaiah the Prophet, saying, turn again, and tell Hezekiah the Captain of my people; Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears, behold, I will heal thee, &c. Here God gave a word formally, and put it into the Prophets mouth, Go deliver him from going down to the pit. And though the Lord doth not thus now in such an explicit and open way, nor may we expect it, yet there is a virtual saying of this word from the Lord, and that sometimes mightily imprest upon the hearts of those who have prayed and sought unto him, for the sick man, whereby (not by an ungrounded vain confidence, but by a scriptural holy confidence, comparing the promise with the mans condition) they are enabled to tell him, The Lord hath delivered thee from going down to the pit. And he shall as certainly be delivered, as if the Lord had sent an express from heaven to tell him so. Then he is gracious to him, and saith, deliver him from going down to the pit.
Here in the text we must suppose this messenger had prayed, and having prayed, he did not neglect his prayer, but was hearkning what the Lord would say. Elihu was confident the Lord would give a gracious answer, though not by an immediate voyce or revelation to his eare, yet by an assurance of the mercy given into his spirit. When that good king Hezekiah, was not only sick unto death, but had received an expresse message from the Lord, Set thy house in order, for thou shalt dye and not live (2 Kings 20.1.) 'Tis sayd at the 2d verse, He turned his face to the wall, and ⟨p. 402⟩