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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, Live to God; Secondly, Seeing God gives us life, we should be willing to give our lives to God. Yea Thirdly, We should therefore be ready to give up, or rather to lay down our lives for God. And as we should give up our lives to God when he calls for them by natural death, so we should give up our lives for God, when he calls us to bear witness to his name and truth by violent death.
First, Live to God; Secondly, Seeing God gives us life, we should be willing to give our lives to God. Yea Thirdly, We should therefore be ready to give up, or rather to lay downe our lives for God. And as we should give up our lives to God when he calls for them by natural death, so we should give up our lives for God, when he calls us to beare witness to his name and truth by violent death.
I shall yet take notice of one thing further, before I pass from ⟨p. 172⟩this verse; The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
I shall yet take notice of one thing further, before I passe from ⟨p. 172⟩this verse; The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.
Some, upon good grounds, refer the first clause; The Spirit of God hath made me, to the creation both of soul and body; and the second or latter clause, the breath of the Almighty hath given me life, to that quickening which we receive by the Spirit to the duties whereinto we are called in this life. The breath of the Almighty hath given me life; that is, hath fitted and prepared me for the several offices and services of life. As if Elihu had said, The Spirit of God hath not only made me a man, but a man for work, yea the Spirit of God hath quickened me to the present work and business I am come about. Thus, life imports not only spiritual life in the being of it, but all the furniture, ornaments, and abilities of a spiritual life. The Septuagint render this profession made by Elihu expressly,