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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.
Thirdly, In suffering, I mean it not of any suffering evil in himself (God is infinitely above that) but of his suffering others to do evil, or of his suffering any evil to be done. God may and doth permit, that which is nought, wicked, and unrighteous to be done in the world; and yet himself remains altogether holy, righteous, just, and good. This is a great part of the transcendency of his power.
Thirdly, In suffering, I meane it not of any suffering evill in himselfe (God is infinitely above that) but of his suffering others to doe evill, or of his suffering any evill to be done. God may and doth permit, that which is nought, wicked, and unrighteous to be done in the world; and yet himselfe remaines altogether holy, righteous, just, and good. This is a great part of the transcendency of his power.
Fourthly, In rewarding; God hath absolute power, to reward; ⟨p. 581⟩First, whom he will; Secondly, for what he will; Thirdly, in what kind he will; Fourthly, in what degree or measure he will; Fifthly, for how long he will, he can give (which none of the Princes of the earth can) everlasting rewards.
Fifthly, In punishing; God hath absolute power to punish, and the absoluteness of his power in punishing, may be exemplified in those five particulars, wherein his power of rewarding (in the former paragraph) was. In all these things we see the unlimitedness of the power of God, Who hath given him a Charge over the earth? or who hath disposed the whole world? Himself alone doth it, and he doth it of himself. And for as much as there is such a supremacy, such an absoluteness of power in God, take these three inferences from it.