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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 24-25
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 root signifieth, to increase and extol. We may consider a twofold magnifying of the work of God. There is an inward magnifying of the work of God; and there is an outward magnifying of the work of Go•.
The root signifieth, to encrease and extol. We may consider a twofold magnifying of the work of God. There is an inward magnifying of the work of God; and there is an outward magnifying of the work of Go•.
First, There is […] ••d magnifying of the work of God, when we think highly […] it; thus did the Virgin in her song (Luke 1.46.) My soul doth magnify the Lord. Her heart was raised up, and stretched out in high thoughts of God.
First, There is 〈…〉 ••d magnifying of the work of God, when we think highly 〈…〉 it; thus did the Virgin in her song (Luke 1.46.) My soul doth magnifie the Lord. Her heart was raised up, and stretched out in high thoughts of God.
Secondly, There is an outward magnifying of the work of God. To speak highly of his work is to magnify his work; to live holily and fruitfully is to magnify his work. We cannot make any addition to the work of God, there is no such magnifying of it; but we must strive to give the works of God their full dimension, and not lessen them at all. As we must not diminish the number of his works, so we must not diminish the just weight and worth of them. There is such a charge of God to the Prophet about his word (