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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 23-24
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, a practical inference, by way of use, from that fourfold doctrine held forth in the former verse, concerning God. As if Elihu had said, For as much as the Almighty is incomprehensible, so that we cannot find him out; for as much as he is mighty in power, and judgement, and plenty of justice, so that we can neither avoid him nor delude him, therefore men do fear him.
Secondly, We have an enforcement of this Inference, by a cogent reason, For he respecteth not any that are wise in heart. Who these wise-hearted ones are, whom God respecteth not, will appear in the opening those words, Men do therefore fear him.
The word rendered Men, properly signifieth, weak or feeble men, 1as also men in affliction, men under the afflicting hand, or rod of God. This strict acception of the word, renders the opposition more clear, setting the lowest of humane frailty, against the highest divine power. Yet we need not stand strictly upon the Grammatical signification of the word, but may take men, in all their divisions and forms; men, be they high or low, afflicted or in prosperity, ought therefore to fear him.
The word rendred Men, properly signifieth, weak or feeble men, 1as also men in affliction, men under the afflicting hand, or rod of God. This strict acception of the word, renders the opposition more cleare, setting the lowest of humane frailty, against the highest divine power. Yet we need not stand strictly upon the Grammatical signification of the word, but may take men, in all their divisions and formes; men, be they high or low, afflicted or in prosperity, ought therefore to fear him.