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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.
Who hath given him a Charge over the earth?
Produce the man, let him show his face, if he dareth. It is an expression of the same importance with that of the Apostle (Rom: 8.33.) Who shall lay any thing to the Charge of Gods Elect? let us see the man, let us see the devil, that shall so lay any thing to the Charge of Gods Elect, as to prevail in his Charge; 'tis also like that other triumphant query, in the same Chapter (v. 31.) If God be with us, who can be against us? That is, who can be so against us as to hurt us, or carry the day against us? Thus here; Who hath given him a Charge over the world? let us see who; As if he had said, Are there any above God, from whom he deriveth his power? Or have any committed the Government of the earth to him as his trust and charge, for the management whereof he is to be accountable unto them? Surely no. And if no, then either God is just, or all the world must be in confusion or under oppression without any redress or remedy. 1Mr Broughton renders, Who before him looked to the earth? We say, Who hath given him a Charge over the earth? The ordinary signification of the word, is to visit, and that
Produce the man, let him shew his face, if he dareth. It is an expression of the same importance with that of the Apostle (Rom: 8.33.) Who shall lay any thing to the Charge of Gods Elect? let us see the man, let us see the devill, that shall so lay any thing to the Charge of Gods Elect, as to prevaile in his Charge; 'tis also like that other triumphant query, in the same Chapter (v. 31.) If God be with us, who can be against us? That is, who can be so against us as to hurt us, or carry the day against us? Thus here; Who hath given him a Charge over the world? let us see who; As if he had sayd, Are there any above God, from whom he deriveth his power? Or have any committed the Government of the earth to him as his trust and charge, for the mannagement whereof he is to be accountable unto them? Surely no. And if no, then either God is just, or all the world must be in confusion or under oppression without any redresse or remedy. 1