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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 › Verses 11-12
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Secondly, He shows us how those afflictions will issue in case the afflicted come not up to those designs of God, in case they are not brought to a knowledge of sin, nor receive instruction, nor return from iniquity; what then? he tells us that (v. 12.) if they obey not (this will be the consequent of their obstinacy) they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. We have a parallel Scripture to this almost in terms, (Isa. 19.20.) If ye hear and obey, ye shall eat the good of the Land, but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword. This text not only carries the sense, but almost the words, by which Elihu expresseth both the Lords pleasure and displeasure in this place to Job.
Secondly, He shews us how those afflictions will issue in case the afflicted come not up to those designes of God, in case they are not brought to a knowledge of sin, nor receive instruction, nor return from iniquity; what then? he tells us that (v. 12.) if they obey not (this will be the consequent of their obstinacy) they shall perish by the sword, and they shall die without knowledge. We have a parallel Scripture to this almost in terms, (Isa. 19.20.) If ye hear and obey, ye shall eat the good of the Land, but if ye refuse and rebell, ye shall be devoured with the sword. This text not only carries the sense, but almost the words, by which Elihu expresseth both the Lords pleasure and displeasure in this place to Job.
Vers. 11. If they obey, or hear,
That is, take out the lesson taught them; if they do that which the affliction teacheth them, or which God teacheth by their affliction, ⟨p. 237⟩