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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, If he set his heart against man, that is, If he have a general purpose to destroy and ruin him by his absolute Sovereignty, he can easily do it; what God hath a mind to do, or only willeth it to be done, he hath power enough to do it: He can make any man miserable, and not only strip him of the comforts of this life, but of his life too: And as he hath power enough, if he would use it, so he hath sovereign unquestionable authority enough to bear him out in the use of his power. Now, seeing God who is clothed with this absolute power, yet doth not exercise such a power, but having given man a being, continues to very many men a comfortable being in this world, and doth not willingly grieve or afflict any of the children of men, nor execute any vengeance upon them without their desert; surely then God is righteous, he will not do wickedly. Thus we have the importance of the Translation, If he set his heart against man: We say, (which also beareth fairly enough the same sense) If he set his heart upon man.1
Secondly, If he set his heart against man, that is, If he have a general purpose to destroy and ruine him by his absolute Soveraignty, he can easily do it; what God hath a minde to do, or only willeth it to be done, he hath power enough to do it: He can make any man miserable, and not only strip him of the comforts of this life, but of his life too: And as he hath power enough, if he would use it, so he hath soveraign unquestionable authority enough to bear him out in the use of his power. Now, seeing God who is cloathed with this absolute power, yet doth not exercise such a power, but having given man a being, continues to very many men a comfortable being in this world, and doth not willingly grieve or afflict any of the children of men, nor execute any vengeance upon them without their desert; surely then God is righteous, he will not do wickedly. Thus we have the importance of the Translation, If he set his heart against man: We say, (which also beareth fairly enough the same sence) If he set his heart upon man.1
- 1Si direxerit ad eum cor suum spiritum illius & flatum ad so trahet, Vulg.