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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 36 › Verse 7
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When the people of Israel were in Egypt, the Lord said to Moses, (Exod. 3.7.) I have surely seen the affliction of my people; and what kind of sight was that? what eye of God was it which was upon them? the words following, and the whole series of Gods dealings also clear it, that it was an eye of compassion; I have surely seen, or seeing I have seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, &c. and I am come down to deliver them. We read in that notable place, (Gen. 16.14.) when Hagar was in a very sad and distressed condition, being cast out of Abraham's ⟨p. 205⟩family, God had compassion on her, and showed her a Well, where she might have water for her self and child, and the text saith, She called the name of the Well Beer-la-hay-roi, that is, the Well of him that liveth and seeth me: As if she had said, God hath seen me in my afflicted condition, and he hath also had compassion on me. That's another great privilege, the righteous are under this pitying and compassionating eye of God; and from thence follows,
When the people of Israel were in Egypt, the Lord said to Moses, (Exod. 3.7.) I have surely seen the affliction of my people; and what kind of sight was that? what eye of God was it which was upon them? the words following, and the whole series of Gods dealings also clear it, that it was an eye of compassion; I have surely seen, or seeing I have seen the affliction of my people that are in Egypt, &c. and I am come down to deliver them. We read in that notable place, (Gen. 16.14.) when Hagar was in a very sad and distressed condition, being cast out of Abrahams ⟨p. 205⟩family, God had compassion on her, and shewed her a Well, where she might have water for her self and child, and the text saith, She called the name of the Well Beer-la-hai-roi, that is, the Well of him that liveth and seeth me: As if she had said, God hath seen me in my afflicted condition, and he hath also had compassion on me. That's another great priviledge, the righteous are under this pitying and compassionating eye of God; and from thence follows,