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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.
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God oftentimes doth Justice upon sinners openly.
The Judgements of God are of two sorts: Some are secret, others are manifest; he can do execution upon men when none see it; nay he doth the severest executions upon some men when they themselves do not see it (that's the sting and severity of the Judgement, that) they have not so much as any sense of the wrath of God, when the full vials of his wrath are pouring out upon them. But many of the Judgements of God are open; As he striketh some so secretly, that none can see it, so others so visibly that all may see it. Thus the Lord commanded Moses (Numb: 25.4.) when Israel had joined themselves unto Baal-peor, Take all the heads of the people and hang them up before the Lord against the Sun. By the heads of the people, we may understand either the capital offenders, those who were most active and ready in that wickedness; or their principal Rulers, who in stead of stopping them from or punishing them for those offences, gave way to them or at least winked at them: These must be hanged against the Sun, that is, as Elihu speaks here, in the open sight of others, or, in the place of seers. Thus they were made an example of caution that all might see and fear and do no more presumptuously. Read the like executions of divine Judgement threatened (2 Sam: 12.11, 12. Isa. 26.11.) John in the Revelation (Chap: 15.4.) prophecieth of the Saints triumphing at the fall of Babylon, and ⟨p. 696⟩singing the song of Moses, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, &c. for thy Judgements are made manifest: God hath now stricken Babylon his great enemy in the open sight of others; his Judgements were right before, (they are always right) but till then not manifest. David saith (Psal: 9.16.) The Lord is known by the Judgement which he executeth: now if the Lord be known by the Judgement which he executeth; then the Judgement which he executeth must be known; it must be an open Judgement; and such are very many of the Judgements of God, they are acted as upon a stage. And I may give you an account in three particulars why the Lord will sometimes do Justice, in the place of beholders, or in the open sight of others.