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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 40 › Verse 6-8
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Secondly, He gives of a proof his great power by a double instance, from the work of creation; as in the former Chapter by the works of providence alone, so here by the works of creation and providence too. And this double instance is given in two great vast living creatures; one of them the greatest upon the earth, the other the greatest in the waters.
The first is Behemoth, the vastest creature that breaths upon the earth, who is described from the 15th vers. of this Chapter, to the end.
The second is Leviathan, the vastest creature in the water, who is described quite through the one and fortieth Chapter. The Lord having spoken of many other creatures formerly, in the forming and ordering of which, his power and wisdom shine forth; he reserved these two to close with, that Job by the consideration of them, might see what a poor thing himself was, and how unable to grapple with the great God, who made those great creatures; for that is the general issue. If God hath made such huge creatures as these, then what a one is God! how mighty and powerful is God! what is the cause, if the effects are such? what is the fountain, if we see such streams? Such is the drift of God in this his last answer to Job, and these are the parts of it. We may sum up all in this brief; here humane weakness and divine Power are compared together; mans nothingness, with Gods Allness or All-sufficiency, that so man (Job in special) might be convinced, and conclude that he could no more charge God with any fault, than he was able to resist his power.
The second is Leviathan, the vastest creature in the water, who is described quite through the one and fortieth Chapter. The Lord having spoken of many other creatures formerly, in the forming and ordering of which, his power and wisdom shine forth; he reserved these two to close with, that Job by the consideration of them, might see what a poor thing himself was, and how unable to grapple with the great God, who made those great creatures; for that is the general issue. If God hath made such huge creatures as these, then what a one is God! how mighty and powerful is God! what is the cause, if the effects are such? what is the fountain, if we see such streams? Such is the drift of God in this his last answer to Job, and these are the parts of it. We may sum up all in this brief; here humane weakness and divine Power are compared together; mans nothingness, with Gods Allness or Alsufficiency, that so man (Job in special) might be convinced, and conclude that he could no more charge God with any fault, than he was able to resist his power.