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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.
Secondly, Who over him doth visit the earth? Is God any mans Vicegerent? is he a Lord Deputy, or a Viceroy? No, there is no man visits the earth over him, for, (as we render clearly) Who hath given him a Charge over the earth? As if he had said, If God be an unjust Judge, is there any superior Judge to whom we may appeal for remedy or redress of our injuries? Who over him visiteth, or, who hath given him a charge over the earth.
Secondly, Who over him doth visit the earth? Is God any mans Vicegerent? is he a Lord Deputy, or a Viceroy? No, there is no man visits the earth over him, for, (as we render clearely) Who hath given him a Charge over the earth? As if he had sayd, If God be an unjust Judge, is there any superiour Judge to whom we may appeale for remedy or redresse of our injuries? Who over him visiteth, or, who hath given him a charge over the earth.
That is, over the inhabitants of the earth, or over the affairs of the earth. The Earth, by a Synecdoche of the Continent for the matter contained, is here put for all persons and transactions over the face of the whole earth. Who hath laid that great Charge, the disposal of all things and people in the earth upon ⟨p. 577⟩God? surely no man on earth, no Angel in heaven, nor all of them put together. How should God derive a governing power from them, who derive their very power of being from him? He governs in his own right, not by commission or deputation. We have the same point affirmed at the 36th Chapter of this Book, v. 23d, Who hath enjoined him his way? God knoweth and taketh his own way, no man showeth, much less commandeth him his way; Who hath given him a Charge over the earth?
That is, over the inhabitants of the earth, or over the affayres of the earth. The Earth, by a Synecdoche of the Continent for the matter contained, is here put for all persons and transactions over the face of the whole earth. Who hath layd that great Charge, the disposall of all things and people in the earth upon ⟨p. 577⟩