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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, Consider the Text, as an assertion; The spirit of God hath made me, &c. The word doth not signify barely to make, 1or to clap up a work any how, but to make with art, to make skilfully, to compose and fashion a thing with exactest grace, comeliness, and beauty. Thus are we made by the Spirit of God. Man is an excellent piece of work, yea man is the Master-piece ⟨p. 162⟩of all the visible works of God. The Spirit of God hath made me.
First, Consider the Text, as an assertion; The spirit of God hath made me, &c. The word doth not signifie barely to make, 1or to clap up a worke any how, but to make with art, to make skilfully, to compose and fashion a thing with exactest grace, comeliness, and beauty. Thus are we made by the Spirit of God. Man is an excellent piece of worke, yea man is the Master-piece ⟨p. 162⟩of all the visible workes of God. The Spirit of God hath made me.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] faciendi verbum artificiosam & elaboratam agendi rationem affert. Pined:〈non-Latin alphabet〉 faciendi verbum artificiosam & elaboratam agendi rationem affert. Pined:
There are two things here to be enquired; First, what we are to understand by the Spirit of God, to whom Elihu attributes his making. Secondly, Why doth Elihu attribute his making to the Spirit of God? To the former question, I answer; First, negatively, that by the Spirit of God we are not to understand a power or virtue put forth by God, in which sense we sometimes read the Spirit of God in Scripture. But by the Spirit of God here, we are to understand God the Spirit. In which sense we read (Gen: 1.2.) The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. As also (Math: 3.16.) He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him; that is, upon Jesus Christ, baptized by John in Jordan.