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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
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Fourthly, If there be no searching out the number of the years of God, if he be eternal, then
Fourthly, If there be no searching out the number of the years of God, if he be eternall, then
How ought we to reverence and adore God! We have a Command from God to reverence those who have attained many years in this world, which alas are very few, none at all to the years of God; the aged, the grey-headed must be reverenced, (Lev. 19.32.) And one reason of that Law may be, because the aged have some shadow of Gods eternity upon them; they who have many years have some resemblance of him, the number of whose years cannot be searched out; therefore God will have them reverenced. Now if the ancient are to be reverenced, how much more God himself, who is called (Dan. 7.9.) The ancient of days!
How ought we to reverence and adore God! We have a Command from God to reverence those who have attained many years in this world, which alass are very few, none at all to the years of God; the aged, the gray-headed must be reverenced, (Lev. 19.32.) And one reason of that Law may be, because the aged have some shadow of Gods eternity upon them; they who have many years have some resemblance of him, the number of whose years cannot be searched out; therefore God will have them reverenced. Now if the ancient are to be reverenced, how much more God himself, who is called (Dan. 7.9.) The ancient of dayes!