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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
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Elihu urgeth Job, and with him all men, to remember that they magnify even that work of his which men behold, and which every man may see. How slack are they in or to that great duty of magnifying God, who when they see, or may see, if they will, his mighty works, yet mind not the magnifying of him!
Elihu urgeth Job, and with him all men, to remember that they magnifie even that work of his which men behold, and which every man may see. How slack are they in or to that great duty of magnifying God, who when they see, or may see, if they will, his mighty works, yet mind not the magnifying of him!
Fifthly, Observe; Some works of providence are so plain, that every man, that doth not wilfully shut his eyes, may behold them.
He is altogether stupid and blockish, that seeth not what all may see. Hence the Psalmist, having said, O Lord, how great are thy works, concludeth such among brutes and fools, (Psal. 92.6.) The brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this. It was the saying of Plato an Heathen; That man is worthy his eyes should be pulled out of his head, who doth not lift them up on high, that he may admire the wisdom of the Creator in the wonderful fabric of the world; I may add, and in the works of providence: Are they not such, that as the Prophet speaks, He that runs may read them?
He is altogether stupid and blockish, that seeth not what all may see. Hence the Psalmist, having said, O Lord, how great are thy works, concludeth such among brutes and fools, (Psal. 92.6.) The brutish man knoweth not, neither doth a fool understand this. It was the saying of Plato an Heathen; That man is worthy his eyes should be pulled out of his head, who doth not lift them up on high, that he may admire the wisdome of the Creatour in the wonderfull abrick of the world; I may adde, and in the works of providence: Are they not such, that as the Prophet speaks, He that runs may read them?