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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.
He can gather the spirit and the breath to himself whensoever he pleaseth; (Psal. 104.29.) Thou hidest thy face and they are troubled, and thou takest away their breath, they die, and return to their dust. If God hideth his face from us, 'tis death while we live; but if he take away our breath, we cannot live, but die. (Psal. 90.3.) Thou turnest man to destruction, and sayest, Return ye children of men. Here's man turning and returning upon the saying of God; man turneth to death, he returneth to dust, and shall at last return from the dust, and all this when God saith he must. Our life is a very frail thing, and it is in the hand of God ⟨p. 593⟩to continue or take it away; to let us hold it, or gather it home to himself.
Thirdly, From the manner of speaking, If he gather to himself his spirit and his breath;
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