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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.
First, When God hideth his face from a Nation, he layeth down his former care of them, and watchfulness over them, he takes little or no notice of their case and condition, of their troubles and straits, (as was touched in opening the Text) he regards not how it is with them, nor what becomes of them. Such apprehensions the Prophet had in reference unto the people of Israel, (Jer. 14.8.) where he humbly expostulated with the Lord, Why art thou as a stranger in the land, & as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night; a stranger or a wayfaring man, intending to stay but a night in a place, thinks not himself concerned with the state of that place; if he can but get a supper and a lodging for his money that night, he troubles himself no further: whether it be well or ill with the place, whether it be sickness or health, if he can make shift for a night, he is satisfied. Thus the Prophet conceived the Lord even as a stranger among his people, little minding what became of them, whether they did sink or swim, whether it were peace or trouble, joy or sorrow with them. And, further, he represents the Lord not only as a stranger, but as a man astonished, not only as a man who cares not to help, but as a man who cannot. An astonished man, how mighty soever he is, hath no use of his might. He that can do little with his reason (that's the case of an astonished affrighted man) can do less with his hands. Now such a one is God to his people (that is, he will do no more for them then such a one) when once he hideth his face from them.
First, When God hideth his face from a Nation, he layeth down his former care of them, and watchfulness over them, he takes little or no notice of their case and condition, of their troubles and streights, (as was toucht in opening the Text) he regards not how it is with them, nor what becomes of them. Such apprehensions the Prophet had in reference unto the people of Israel, (Jer. 14.8.) where he humbly expostulated with the Lord, Why art thou as a stranger in the land, & as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night; a stranger or a wayfaring man, intending to stay but a night in a place, thinks not himself concerned with the state of that place; if he can but get a supper and a lodging for his money that night, he troubles himself no further: whether it be well or ill with the place, whether it be sickness or health, if he can make shift for a night, he is satisfied. Thus the Prophet conceived the Lord even as a stranger among his people, little minding what became of them, whether they did sink or swim, whether it were peace or trouble, joy or sorrow with them. And, further, he represents the Lord not only as a stranger, but as a man astonished, not only as a man who cares not to help, but as a man who cannot. An astonished man, how mighty soever he is, hath no use of his might. He that can do little with his reason (that's the case of an astonish'd affrighted man) can do less with his hands. Now such a one is God to his people (that is, he will do no more for them then such a one) when once he hideth his face from them.