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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, His parentage is thus distinctly set down, to assure us, that this is a true history; For some have made the whole book of Job to be but a parable, asserting there was no such real thing. But this one passage gives an undeniable proof, that this was a real history, and the matter really acted. This person being described by his own name and his fathers name, and the next of his kindred.
Secondly, His parentage is thus distinctly set downe, to assure us, that this is a true history; For some have made the whole booke of Job to be but a parable, asserting there was no such reall thing. But this one passage gives an undeniable proofe, that this was a reall history, and the matter really acted. This person being described by his owne name and his fathers name, and the next of his kindred.
From the consideration of the person who carried on so great a part in this business, Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite of the kindred of Ram, who was of a strange Country, and if allied to Abraham, yet at a great distance; we may observe; God did preserve a seed of religion, and of holy men to maintain his truth among those who lived in dark places, and were wrapped up in many errors and superstitions.
From the consideration of the person who carried on so great a part in this businesse, Elihu, the son of Barachel the Buzite of the kindred of Ram, who was of a strange Country, and if allyed to Abraham, yet at a great distance; we may observe; God did preserve a seed of religion, and of holy men to maintaine his truth among those who lived in darke places, and were wrapt up in many errors and superstitions.
This was also noted from the first words of this book, There was a man in the Land of Uz; A man of gracious accomplishments and of a heavenly light. Here also was Elihu the Buzite, A man that had great knowledge about holy things (as we shall see afterwards) in those parts and times when and where abundance of darkness, blindness and ignorance reigned.