A35535:1799
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.
But I shall not stay upon this, because our translation (which is clear and safe) runs another way, making the antecedent to this he, to be God; He, that is, God looketh upon men, and saith, If any say, I have sinned, and have perverted that which is right, and it profited me not, Then (as it followeth) He will deliver him from going down to the pit, and his life shall see the light. The sense of the context in General, is plain; God looketh upon men, and if he seeth them penitent, he will have mercy upon them, and deliver them, or give them that which is better then bodily deliverance. More distinctly.
But I shall not stay upon this, because our translation (which is cleare and safe) runs another way, making the antecedent to this he, to be God; He, that is, God looketh upon men, and saith, If any say, I have sinned, and have perverted that which is right, and it profited me not, Then (as it followeth) He will deliver him from going downe to the pit, and his life shall see the light. The sence of the context in Generall, is plaine; God looketh upon men, and if he seeth them penitent, he will have mercy upon them, and deliver them, or give them that which is better then bodily deliverance. More distinctly.
He looketh upon men.
It is the work of God at all times to look upon men; and he looketh so upon all men, as if he had but one man to look upon. His look upon men is not a bare look, but a considering, and an observing look. He so looks upon men, that he looks through them. He looks upon them, and takes notice what they are, how it is with them, what they are doing, and at what they are driving. He looks upon them to consider both the frame of their hearts, and the course of their lives; yea his looking is an expecting: he so looketh upon man, as looking for somewhat from man, or as desiring to see somewhat in him. Though God hath no need of us, nor of any thing we can do, yet he looketh, waiteth, or hath an expectation, of somewhat to be done by us. He looketh upon sick men, to see how they take it; with what patience they bear affliction, what the workings of their hearts are, what their repentings, what the actings of their faith; such things as these the Lord looketh for from most men, mostly from men under the rod, under sad & sorrowful dispensations. And the words following show what it is expressly which the Lord looketh for. Yet before I open them, note in general.