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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.
Hence observe.
First, The soul of man floweth immediately from God.
First, The soule of man floweth immediately from God.
'Tis the breath of God; not that God liveth by breathing; the way of his life is infinitely above our apprehension; But 'tis clear in Scripture, That the Almighty breathed into man the powers of life. And therefore he is called (by way of Eminence) The father of spirits, (Heb: 12.9.) For though the Almighty is rightly entitled the Father of the whole man, though both body and soul are the work of God, yet he is in a further sense, the father of our spirits, or souls, then of our bodies. And here ⟨p. 170⟩Solomon showing how man is disposed of when these two are separated by death, saith (Eccl: 12.7.) Then shall the dust (that is, the body) return to the earth as it was, and the spirit (that is, the soul) shall return to God who gave it. The body is the gift of God, but the body is not the breath of God, it is not such an immediate gift of God as the soul is; when the body of man was made at first, God took the dust of the earth and formed his body out of it, but when he gave him a soul, he breathed that from himself; it was an immediate effect of Gods power, not dealing with, nor working upon any prae-existing matter. The spirit or soul of man is purely of God, solely of God. And hence we may infer.
'Tis the breath of God; not that God liveth by breathing; the way of his life is infinitely above our apprehension; But 'tis cleare in Scripture, That the Almighty breathed into man the powers of life. And therefore he is called (by way of Eminence) The father of spirits, (Heb: 12.9.) For though the Almighty is rightly entituled the Father of the whole man, though both body and soule are the worke of God, yet he is in a further sence, the father of our spirits, or soules, then of our bodyes. And here