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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 › Verse 26
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 word Behold, is here a note both of Attention and admiration; O mind, O admire the greatness of God. God is great. The word rendered great, properly signifies an increasing growing greatness; God is without all increase or growth, being for ever the same,1 yet he may be said to increase, to be magnified and multiplied (as I may say) according to the apprehensions which we have of him. This word bears the signification both of much and many. God is but one and the one-most one, yet (in this sense) many. So the Septuagint renders it here, he hath, or is many, that is, he hath all perfections in him; the lines of all excellency and virtue, of all glory and perfection, centre in God alone. Thus God is much, and God is many; the one God is many, he hath many, he hath all eminences and excellencies bound up, boundlessly in him.
The word Behold, is here a note both of Attention and admiration; O mind, O admire the greatness of God. God is great. The word rendred great, properly signifies an encreasing growing greatness; God is without all encrease or growth, being for ever the same,1 yet he may be said to encrease, to be magnified and multiplied (as I may say) according to the apprehensions which we have of him. This word bears the signification both of much and many. God is but one and the one-most one, yet (in this sence) many. So the Septuagint renders it here, he hath, or is many, that is, he hath all perfections in him; the lines of all excellency and virtue, of all glory and perfection, center in God alone. Thus God is much, and God is many; the one God is many, he hath many, he hath all eminencies and excellencies bound up, boundlesly in him.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Et multus. & magnus, multus robore. Drus. Septuaginta legunt multus, i. e. omnibus numeris perfectus, atque omnibus perfectionibus cumilo•is.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Et multus. & magnus, multus robore. Drus. Septuaginta legunt multus, i. e. omnibus numeris perfectus, atque omnibus perfectionibus cumilo•is.