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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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 40 › Verse 6-8

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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.

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So then, this whole oration or discourse tends to the confirmation of Job, yet more, in believing the irresistible providence of God; which, when he should well understand, he would no

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Joseph Caryl, An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,… (London, 1666), ch. 40, verse 6-8, p. 529. EEBO-TCP A35538.

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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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EEBO-TCP A35538

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