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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.
Secondly, Some render those latter words not in Gods stead as we, But, in respect of God. As if he had said, In respect of God, I stand in the same proportion, or upon the same terms with thy ⟨p. 186⟩self, for he is the God of us both, nor did God make me of any better or more excellent matter then thou art made of; which he fully expresseth in the close of the verse, as it followeth.
Secondly, Some render those latter words not in Gods stead as we, But, in respect of God. As if he had said, In respect of God, I stand in the same proportion, or upon the same terms with thy ⟨p. 186⟩selfe, for he is the God of us both, nor did God make me of any better or more excellent matter then thou art made of; which he fully expresseth in the close of the verse, as it followeth.
I also am formed out of the Clay.
These words are another argument (as was showed when I gave the prospect of the whole Context) why Job should hear Elihu; I am in Gods stead indeed, but I am a poor creature, moulded out of the dust, made up of earth, as thou art; I also am formed out of the Clay; therefore stand up, answer me, and fear not; answer me and spare not. The highest and holyest that ever dispensed the mind of God, in Gods stead, to his Church and people here on earth, were made of earth, and were formed out of Clay. The Apostle makes that humble confession of himself and fellow-Apostles (2 Cor: 4.6.) We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power might be of God. The weakness of the instrument lifts up the glory of the superior agent. They who by commission are the Ministers of God, and so in Gods stead, are yet but, as other men, in their natural structure and constitution. (