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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.
That is, without exception, one as well as another, rich and poor, high and low, strong and weak, all are alike in the hand of God, (Psal. 33.13.15.) The Lord looketh from heaven, he beholdeth all the sons of men, &c. he fashioneth their hearts alike, or together; that is, he fashioneth the hearts of all men: God doth not so fashion mens hearts alike, as to make them all alike, (faces do not differ so much as hearts) but as he fashions one mans heart, so another's; he fashions the heart of a King, as well as the heart of a beggar: All flesh shall perish together; none either by power or policy can stand against a displeased God.
That is, without exception, one as well as another, rich and poor, high and low, strong and weak, all are alike in the hand of God, (Psal. 33.13.15.) The Lord looketh from heaven, he beholdeth all the sons of men, &c. he fashioneth their hearts alike, or together; that is, he fashioneth the hearts of all men: God doth not so fashion mens hearts alike, as to make them all alike, (faces do not differ so much as hearts) but as he fashions one mans heart, so anothers; he fashions the heart of a King, as well as the heart of a begger: All flesh shall perish together; none either by power or policy can stand against a displeased God.
Again, We may take the word together, for all at once, God can make a total devastation in the earth, and sweep all away as ⟨p. 597⟩filth with the besom of destruction; He can destroy all the world, of all men, who are the chief part of the world, together, or at one blow; so that (as the Prophet Nahum speaks, Chap: 1.9.) Affliction shall not rise up a second time. All flesh shall perish together, And man shall return again unto dust.
Again, We may take the word together, for all at once, God can make a total devastation in the earth, and sweep all away as