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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-fifth, thirty-sixth, and thirty-seventh chapters of the book of Job being the substance of thirty-five lectures / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1664
AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-fifth, Th… › Chapter 36 › Verses 22-23
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.
The way of God is any course which himself taketh, either in governing the world in general, or any person in particular; who shall instruct him about either what or how he shall do, whom he shall spare, whom he shall punish, whose heart he shall soften, whose he shall harden, whom he shall save, whom he shall destroy, how he shall teach, which way he shall lead; in a word, how he shall administer justice and order any of his matters? all must be bound to and by his Laws, he cannot be bound to or by the laws and prescripts of any, either in works of Judgment or of Mercy, either in doing good to and for man, or in dealing out of evil. Further,
The way of God is any course which himself taketh, either in governing the world in general, or any person in particular; who shall instruct him about either what or how he shall do, whom he shall spare, whom he shall punish, whose heart he shall soften, whose he shall harden, whom he shall save, whom he shall destroy, how he shall teach, which way he shall lead; in a word, how he shall administer justice and order any of his matters? all must be bound to and by his Lawes, he cannot be bound to or by the lawes and prescripts of any, either in works of Judgment or of Mercy, either in doing good to and for man, or in dealing out of evil. Further,
Who hath enjoined him his way? By the way of God we may understand both the actions of God themselves, as also the reasons moving him to those actions. As if Elihu had said, Who hath taught God what to do? Who hath, or who can direct him what to do? Who may be so bold with God, who is the sovereign Lord over all ⟨p. 346⟩the earth, thus to enjoin him his way?
Who hath enjoyned him his way? By the way of God we may understand both the actions of God themselves, as also the reasons moving him to those actions. As if Elihu had said, Who hath taught God what to do? Who hath, or who can direct him what to do? Who may be so bold with God, who is the soveraign Lord over all ⟨p. 346⟩