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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
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.
How? or to whom? The answer is, If a man speak to God, he shall be swallowed up. But shall every one that speaks to God be swallowed up? Not so; therefore we must go to the manner of speaking. If a man speak to God, not keeping his distance, if a man speak to God without a Mediator, he shall be swallowed up, as a drop of water is swallowed up of the Ocean, or as a ⟨p. 592⟩spark of fire is swallowed up in a great flame,1 or as the light of a Candle, or Glow-worm, is swallowed up by the Sun; there is no standing for the Creature before God, in such a nearness of access, but by faith in a Mediator; If a man speak he shall be swallowed up. Man is no match for God, or he is a most unequal match.
How? or to whom? The answer is, If a man speak to God, he shall be swallowed up. But shall every one that speaks to God be swall•wed up? Not so; therefore we must go to the manner of speaking. If a man speak to God, not keeping his distance, if a man speak to God without a Mediatour, he shall be swallowed up, as a drop of water is swallowed up of the Ocean, or as a ⟨p. 592⟩spark of fire is swallowed up in a great flame,1 or as the light of a Candle, or Glow-worm, is swallowed up by the Sun; there is no standing for the Creature before God, in such a nearness of access, but by faith in a Mediator; If a man speak he shall be swallowed up. Man is no match for God, or he is a most un•qual match.
- 1Perdetur vir ille fulgore celsitudinis & Majestatis ejus perstrictus