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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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1Secondly, Others expound them as an expression of praise, or as the words of a man looking up to God in thankfulness for former benefits, in present straights. Where is God my maker? Where's he that made me, and hath preserved me hitherto? As if Elihu had said, none of these oppressed ones have recourse to God ⟨p. 65⟩in the day of their calamity, confessing and acknowledging his great goodness to them in their creation and further preservation, which might much comfort and encourage their hearts under present grievances and pressures; None saith, Where is God my maker?
- 1Sunt verba gratulantis.
The word maker, may be taken in a threefold notion; First, for him that hath given us our being. As God is the maker of heaven and of earth, so he is our maker, (Gen. 1.26, 27.) Secondly, for him that hath continued us in and preserved our being; for providence is a renewed creation. Thirdly, for him who ha•h raised us up, or preferred us, and done us good all our days. In which sense the word is used (1 Sam. 12.6.) And Samuel said unto the people, it is the Lord that advanced Moses and Aaron. We put in the Margin, made Moses, &c. it is this word,1 he made them great, and put them in those high places of Government and Trust. The Lord is he that maketh men in this sense. We say commonly of a man that is advanced to some great place, He is a made man; and on the contrary, of a man that is thrown down, He is an undone man. God giveth us a being, and a bodily fabric, he protects us in our being, he advanceth us to a well-being, in all we may call him, and call upon him as our Maker. And when men would unmake us, that is, oppress and undo us, then we should say in faith, Where is God our maker? who once gave us life, and hath since lifted us up from the gates of death, and put us into a good condition. Many are crying out upon, and possibly, some railing and raging at men, but who saith (in the sense opened) Where is God my maker?