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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 35 › Verses 9-13
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Here is an universal Negative, none; that is, not so much as one; yet we may understand it with an allay, none, that is, few or none (as we commonly speak) say, Where is God my maker? Possibly many say it with their mouths, but few or none say it; either fi•st, heartily; or secondly, spiritually; or thirdly, humbly; or fourthly, repentingly; or fifthly, believingly; or sixthly, submittingly; and therefore no wonder, if they are not heard and helped when they cry. It is a common thing for men in distress, or under oppression, to cry out, O God, O Lord, The name of God is taken by many in vain, when any thing afflicts or hurts them; but few call upon his name. It is no easy matter to cry out, in deed, O God my maker, or to say with a serious holy and gracious frame of spirit, Where is God my maker?
Here is an universal Negative, none; that is, not so much as one; yet we may understand it with an allay, none, that is, few or none (as we commonly speak) say, Where is God my maker? Possibly many say it with their mouths, but few or none say it; either fi•st, heartily; or secondly, spiritually; or thirdly, humbly; or fourthly, repentingly; or fifthly, believingly; or sixthly, submittingly; and therefore no wonder, if they are not heard and helped when they cry. It is a common thing for men in distress, or under oppression, to cry out, O God, O Lord, The name of God is taken by many in vaine, when any thing afflicts or hurts them; but few call upon his name. It is no easie matter to cry out, in deed, O God my maker, or to say with a serious holy and gracious frame of spirit, Where is God my maker?
There is a twofold understanding of these words.
1First, Some look upon them, as an earnest wish or prayer for help; None saith, Where is God my maker? That is, none saith, O that God my maker would appear in the present manifestations of his power to succour and deliver me. In which sense Elisha is conceived to speak when he smote the waters with Elijah's Mantle, (