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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 37 › Verses 14-16
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.
First, In natural things; that is, what God doth in disposing the course of nature, must be duly considered by man.
First, In natural things; that is, what God doth in disposing the course of nature, must be duely considered by man.
Secondly, In civil things, that is, in what he doth in ordering the affairs of men; and these either public in Nations, or private in Families: In all these God hath his workings, and his wo•ks in all must be considered.
Secondly, In civil things, that is, in what he doth in ordering the affaires of men; and these either publick in Nations, or private in Families: In all these God hath his workings, and his wo•ks in all must be considered.
Thirdly, In spiritual things, what he doth in ways of grace upon the souls of men, in convincing and converting them, in humbling ⟨p. 530⟩and comforting them, which are his choicest and most excellent works of all. Now, though all these works of God are to be considered, the last especially; yet the works of God here set before Job, are those in Nature, and the providential disposure of them: these are no small matters; Elihu calls them, and so they are, wonderful; Consider the wonderful works of God.
Thirdly, In spiritual things, what he doth in wayes of grace upon the souls of men, in convincing and converting them, in humbling ⟨p. 530⟩