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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.
There is another reading of the words, Our Translators put it in the margin of our Bibles, He shall break in pieces mighty men without searching out, which may have a two-fold interpretation.
First, He shall break them in pieces, and no man ought to search or enquire into his doings, or say unto him (as that mighty Monarch confessed, Dan. 4.35.) What doest thou? And thus it answers what was said in the former verse, They shall not enter into judgement with God. Some have a privilege at Sea to pass without searching, no man must enquire what they carry, or what their lading is; surely when the Lord breaketh mighty men, no man may search into his doings, or enquire into his actions, further then for his own instruction and admonition, that he may answer the purpose of God in them, and give him glory.
First, He shall break them in pieces, and no man ought to search or enquire into his doings, or say unto him (as that mighty Monarch confessed, Dan. 4.35.) What doest thou? And thus it answers what was said in the former verse, They shall not enter into judgement with God. Some have a priviledge at Sea to pass without searching, no man must enquire what they carry, or what their lading is; surely when the Lord breaketh mighty men, no man may search into his doings, or enquire into his actions, further then for his own instruction and admonition, that he may answer the purpose of God in them, and give him glory.
Secondly, He will break them in pieces without searching; that is,1 without any formal examination or usual ways of Process, at least without any known to us. The Lord needs not to stand searching as men do, to find out matters against the mighty, to frame articles, or to bring in his Bill of Attainder against them; God needeth not search to know, because he knoweth all things without searching, and therefore may justly break men in pieces without this kind of searching; or, He will break them in pieces without inquisition; that is, without showing cause why. God doth not always publish the reasons of his proceedings, his judgements are often secret, though never unjust. We render well, He will break in pieces mighty men.