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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, This verse may be connected with the three former verses, and then the sense appeareth thus; As if Elihu had said, ⟨p. 174⟩O Job, I have moved thee to hear me patiently, and attentively, and let it not seem grievous to thee to do soe; For, though I am thy inferior in age, and degree, yet I am a man as well as thou, and I have a soul and body like thine, yea the Spirit of God that made me, hath also furnished me; I have received ability from God as thou hast, I stand upon even ground, or equal terms with thee, as to creation, and I am not altogether void of instruction; and therefore as a man I have a possibility to understand reason; and as a man endowed by the Spirit of God, I have a capability to direct thee about the ways of God, or how to understand and comport with his providences towards thee. Thou hast been long under the hand of God, and long in the hands of men, who have rather entangled and troubled thy mind then eased it; who knows but that I, who all this while have been but a looker on, may see somewhat in thy case, which hath hitherto been hid from thy former undertakers. Therefore pray favour me (it may prove in the issue a favour to thy self) with an hour or two of patient attention. Take this note from it.
First, This verse may be connected with the three former verses, and then the sence appeareth thus; As if Elihu had sayd, ⟨p. 174⟩O Job, I have moved thee to heare me patiently, and attentively, and let it not seeme grievous to thee to doe soe; For, though I am thy inferiour in age, and degree, yet I am a man as well as thou, and I have a soule and body like thine, yea the Spirit of God that made me, hath also furnished me; I have rceeived ability from God as thou hast, I stand upon even ground, or equall termes with thee, as to creation, and I am not altogether voyd of instruction; and therefore as a man I have a possibility to understand reason; and as a man indowed by the Spirit of God, I have a capability to direct thee about the wayes of God, or how to understand and comport with his providences towards thee. Thou hast been long under the hand of God, and long in the hands of men, who have rather entangled and troubled thy mind then eased it; who knowes but that I, who all this while have been but a looker on, may see somewhat in thy case, which hath hitherto been hid from thy former undertakers. Therefore pray favour me (it may prove in the issue a favour to thy selfe) with an houre or two of patient attention. Take this note from it.