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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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Whom he highly esteems, he sometimes advanceth highly in this world, they shall be with Kings on the Throne, (Psal. 107.40, 41.) He poureth contempt upon Prints, that is, upon unrighteous Princes; yet (as it followeth) He setteth the poor on high from affliction, so we translate and put in the Margin, He setteth the poor on high after affliction. He afflicts the righteous to purge them, and so to prepare and fit them for greatest enjoyments. We have a like affirmation, (Psal. 113.7, 8.) He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the needy out of the dunghill, that he may set them with Princes, even the Princes of his people. Thus spake Hannah in her Song, (1 Sam. 2.8.) and thus, in effect, spake the blessed Virgin in hers, (Luke 1.52.) He hath brought down the mighty from their seats, and hath exalted the lowly and meek. We have some Scripture-instances of such exaltations. Joseph, a righteous person, was cast into bonds, yet God sets him, not only at liberty, but on high, he was with the King on the Throne, Only in the Throne, (said Pharaoh, Gen. 42.40.) will I be greater than thou; and all were commanded to bow the knee to him. David, a righteous person, followed the Ewes great with young, and the Lord set him upon the Throne, upon the Throne of Israel. Valentinian was committed to prison by the command of Julian the Apostate, because he struck an Idolatrous Priest, that would have sprinkled him (aqua lustrali) with their unholy holy water, as he stood in the gate of the Temple, where Julian was sacrificing to his Idol-gods; yet he escaped that danger, and afterwards ascended the Throne of that Great Empire. The Lord knows both how to deliver the righteous out of trouble, and to bring them to honour.
Whom he highly esteems, he sometimes advanceth highly in this world, they shall be with Kings on the Throne, (Psal. 107.40, 41.) He powreth contempt upon Printes, that is, upon unrighteous Princes; yet (as it followeth) He setteth the poor on high from affliction, so we translate and put in the Margen, He setteth the poor on high after affliction. He afflicts the righteous to purge them, and so to prepare and fit them for greatest enjoyments. We have a like affimation, (