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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 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 ...
London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666
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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 4-6
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JOB. Chap. 38. Vers. 4, 5, 6. 4. Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the Earth? declare if thou hast understanding. 5. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest, or who hath stretched the line upon it? 6. Whereupon are the foundations thereof set, or who laid the corner-stone thereof?
IN the former Verse, God told Job what himself would do, or in what method he would proceed with him; I will demand of thee (saith the Lord) or I will put the Question to thee: In this verse the Lord begins to make his Demands, to put Questions to Job, and calls for his Answer; these Demands or Questions contain the confutation of Jobs former complaining speeches against, or, at least, about the dealings of God. The first Question we have in this fourth verse; Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the Earth?
For the clearing of this whole discourse, in which the Lord puts Questions or Demands to Job, I shall first consider the general scope of them all, and then the special matter contained and couched in the present context.