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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.
I answer; he did not condemn him in so many words, he did not formally sit upon his tribunal, and condemn God, but he spake such words as did show a condemning of God, and Elihu justly condemned him for speaking them.
I answer; he did not condemne him in so many words, he did not formally sit upon his tribunall, and condemne God, but he spake such words as did shew a condemning of God, and Elihu justly condemned him for speaking them.
Hence note, lastly.
Not to submit freely to, or to complain of the dealings of God, is a condemning of God.
Not to submit freely to, or to complaine of the dealings of God, is a condemning of God.
This is a hard saying, we may be almost astonished to hear it, what? condemn God? yeas, so far as any man murmurs against the dealings of God, so far he condemns God. The works of God must be submitted to, as well as his word, his dispensations must be obeyed as well as his laws and constitutions. Our complaints of what he doth are censures of his person. We question not only the sovereignty and power of God, but his very wisdom and truth and justice, when we reluct against any of his actings or awards concerning us, though they produce our greatest sufferings. This Elihu further aggravates in the next words; Is it fit to say to a King, Thou art wicked? and to Princes, Ye are ungodly? If men will be mannerly to Princes, how much more mannerly ought they to be towards God?