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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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Elihu proceeds in assigning a second reason to heighten their sin, who being in distress, say not, Where is God my maker? or he giveth a further account, why the Lord doth not presently attend to the prayers and cries of some men under great oppression. He had showed in the former verse one reason of the Lords forbearance to help them in such distresses, they did not say heartily, Where is God our maker? nor did they remember him according to the special benefits which they sometimes had received from God, even songs in the night.
Elihu proceeds in assigning a second reason to highten their sin, who being in distresse, say not, Where is God my maker? or he giveth a further account, why the Lord doth not presently attend to the prayers and crys of some men under great oppression. He had shewed in the former verse one reason of the Lords forbearance to help them in such distresses, they did not say heartily, Where is God our maker? nor did they remember him according to the special benefits which they sometimes had received from God, even songs in the night.
In this 11th verse, Elihu aggravates the sin of such oppressed persons by the consideration of that light, & understanding wherewith God hath endued, and enriched man above the irrational creatures, ⟨p. 75⟩and which he hath therefore furnished man with, that he might know what to do in a time of distress, in the day of affliction; they say not, Where is God my maker?
In this 11th verse, Elihu aggravates the sin of such oppressed persons by the consideration of that light, & understanding wherewith God hath indued, and inriched man above the irrational creatures, ⟨p. 75⟩and which he hath therefore furnished man with, that he might know what to do in a time of distress, in the day of affliction; they say not, Where is God my maker?