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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.
Surely the Lord is a God of knowledge.
If we could conceive a man to have his eyes in all places, and upon all persons, an eye upon all hearts, and an eye in all hearts, as well as an eye upon all hands, you would say this man must needs be a knowing man, especially if he have such an eye, as the eye of God is, a discerning eye, a distinguishing eye, a trying eye, an eye which seeth to the bottom of whatsoever it seeth. Hannah said this in her song (1 Sam. 2.3.) Speak not so proudly, let not arrogancy come out of your lips; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. 'Tis not a slight superficial knowledge which God hath of things or persons, by him actions are weighed, and so are the Actors. God puts all into an even balance, and he will weigh both persons and actions to a grain, yea every word and thought shall go into the balance. It was said to that great Monarch Belteshazer, by a hand-writing upon the wall, Thou art weighed in the balances. The Lord weighed that great King, he weighed all his power, and the exercise of it; and he that weigheth Kings, will not leave the meanest subject unweighed; by him actions are weighed. We many times pass over our actions without consideration, and never take the weight of them, at least, we never weigh them in the Sanctuary balance. If they will bear weight in the balance of the world, we presume they will in Gods balance also. But as the Lord is a God of knowledge otherwise then man is, so by him actions are weighed otherwise then by man. It is said of Idols (Psal: 115.15.) They have eyes and see not; but we may say of the Lord Jehovah the true God, the living God, he hath properly, no eyes, yet he seeth; and his faculty of seeing is infinitely above that which himself hath planted in man. The Atheist while he is about the worst work in the world, the breaking in pieces of the people of God, and afflicting his heritage, while he is slaying the widow, and the stranger, and murdering the fatherless, while he is (I say) at such kind of work as this, he saith (Psal: 94.7.) The Lord shall not see; neither shall the God ⟨p. 661⟩