An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second, being the five last, chapters of the book of Job being the substance of fifty-two lectures or meditations / by Joseph Caryl ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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These impressions being made upon Job, by the mighty power of God speaking to him out of the whirlwind, he presently cried out as fast against himself, and against his own ignorance and rashness, as he had done before concerning the harshness of his sufferings under the hand of God; confessing (chap. 40.4.) Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? And (chap. 42.3, 6.) I have uttered that I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not; wherefore, I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes.

These impressions being made upon Job, by the mighty power of God speaking to him out of the whirlwind, he presently cryed out as fast against himself, and against his own ignorance and rashness, as he had done before concerning the harshness of his sufferings under the hand of God; confessing (chap. 40.4.) Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? And (chap. 42.3, 6.) I have uttered that I understood not, things too wonderful for me, which I knew not; wherefore, I abhor my self and repent in dust and ashes.

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Job being thus humbled and melted down, Job who was lately in the dust of dishonour and almost in the dust of death, being thus brought to the dust of repentance; the Lord suffered him not to lye long there, but quickly raised him up out of all his sufferings; and, passing by all his mispeakings, while sufferings lay heavy upon him, he (The Lord) passed sentence upon, or ⟨image 6⟩gave judgment against Eliphaz and his two friends, as not having spoken of him the thing that was right, as his servant Job: and not only so, but commanded them to do him right, by acknowledging that they had wronged him; why else were they ordered by the Lord to go unto him as a mediator for their peace? why else were they ordered by the Lord to bring their sacrifice unto him, that he offering it up, and praying for them, the wrath of God which was kindled against them, might be quenched, and they received into favour? All these offices of love Job freely did for them; and no sooner had he done them, but God heaped favours upon him, doubling his former substance, and causing all his former friends, who had carried it unfriendly, unhandsomely towards him, and would not own him in the day of his distress, to hasten their addresses, to bring him honourable presents, and redintegrate their broken friendship with him. In all these things God blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning, and he found by comfortable experience (which was mentioned at the beginning of this prefatory Epistle out of Solomon's Ecclesiastes) that the end of a thing is better than the beginning of it; the latter end of his life being fuller of peace, riches,

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Joseph Caryl 1602–1673

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London

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M. and S. Simmons

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1666

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[16], 1036, [26] p.

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441,742

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Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first and Forty-second (being the Last) Chapters of the Book of JOB.

AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortyeth, Forty-first and Forty-second (being the Last) Chapters of the Book of JOB.

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, Forty-first and Forty-second (being the Last) Chapters of the Book of JOB.

AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, Thirty-ninth, Fortyeth, Forty-first and Forty-second (being the Last) Chapters of the Book of JOB.