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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 19-20
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JOB, Chap. 37. Vers. 19, 20. 19. Teach us what we shall say unto him, for we cannot order our speech by reason of darkness. 20. Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
Elihu having (in the former part of the Chapter) rehearsed many of the wonderful wo•ks of God in natural things, beyond his reach, bids Job reach them if he could, or, he invites Job, if he could, to give •im some di•ection, what account to give unto God about them, p ofessing that he himself knew not, could not tell what to say; telling him also, that he was much assured no man else could; If a man speak, s rely he shall be swallowed up.
ELihu having (in the former part of the Chapter) rehearsed many of the wonderful wo•ks of God in natural things, beyond his reach, bids Job reach them if he could, or, he invites Job, if he could, to give •im some di•ection, what account to give unto God about them, p ofessing that he himself knew not, could not tell what to say; telling him als•, that he was much assured no man else could; If a man speak, s rely he shall be swallowed up.
As if Elihu had said, Now thou hast heard the work of God thus at large discoursed, I appeal to thee, if any man know how to d spute or fault his doings; as for our part•, we cannot tell what to allege or reply against the•, because we cannot see the depth of is wisdom, nor reach the bottom of his administrations. And so the whole context may contain an argument from the less to the geate. If we are ignorant of, or can hardly apprehend these natural things, how much more must we be ignorant of, and unable to search into the secrets and reserved cases of divine Providence? We know little of our selves, how much less of God! That's the general scope and intendment of these two verses.