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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.
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⟩the earth, thus to enjoyn him his way?
Hence note; God is the first mover of all that himself doth;
No man hath showed him or enjoined him his way. He is the fountain of light, he seeth what to do; who hath been his counsellor? (1 Cor. 2.16.) that is, no man hath, or may instruct him (Isa. 40.13. Rom. 11.34.) Again, he is the fountain of power; none hath authority to direct him, he is above all; as he needs not the counsel of any, so he receiveth the rule from none. I have had occasion more than once in the process of this Book, to say somewhat of the sovereignty of God over all creatures, and therefore only remind it here, Who hath enjoined him his way?