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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.
JOB. Chap. 34. Vers. 12, 13. Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert Judgement. Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
JOB. Chap. 34. Vers. 12, 13. Yea, surely God will not doe wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert Judgement. Who hath given him a charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world?
Elihu proceedeth in the proof of this point, (the vindication of the righteousness of God) with a strong asseveration.
ELihu proceedeth in the proofe of this poynt, (the vindication of the righteousnesse of God) with a strong asseveration.
Vers. 12. Yea, surely.
There is a mighty force of affirmation, in the original words,1 we may parallel them, with those assertive speeches frequently used by our Saviour Jesus Christ in the Gospel, Amen, Amen, Verily, verily I say unto you; Yea surely, is as much as verily, verily; as if Elihu had said, There is no question to be made of what I affirm, that God is righteous, or will not do wickedly; as the Apostle writ to Timothy about the great mystery of the Gospel, God manifested in the flesh, (1 Tim: 3.16.) without controversy great (or, as the word imports, confessedly on all hands, great) is the mystery of Godliness; so here Elihu might speak to Job, This is a truth beyond dispute or controversy, an unquestionable truth, and such a truth that, if once confessed, will quickly determine all the Questions, which are depending between you and me. There are some Master-truths, ruling truths; such a one is this in the text, Yea surely, or undoubtedly, God will not do wickedly.