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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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Fourthly, If God hath been thus exact in framing the earth, as it were, by line and measure for us; if he hath given us so perfect a piece to inhabit and dwell in while we are in this sinful state: What do you think is that paradise which he hath prepared for us in our sinless state! What are the measures of our heavenly City! What the lines that have been stretched out upon those eternal Mansions! If visible things which our eye seeth, are so taking; what are things invisible! And if this earth which we tread on, be a Looking-glass (as indeed it is) wherein we may see the wisdom and power of God; what will heaven be? How will that reflect the wisdom, power, and goodness of God? If this world be a beauty, and is therefore expressed ⟨p. 68⟩by a word in the Greek signifying beauty,1 comeliness, decency; what will that world be which is to come! Thus much of the exactness of the building. The next verse holds out the strength and firmness of it.
Fourthly, If God hath been thus exact in framing the earth, as it were, by line and measure for us; if he hath given us so perfect a piece to inhabit and dwell in while we are in this sinful state: What do you think is that paradise which he hath prepared for us in our sinless state! VVhat are the measures of our heavenly City! VVhat the lines that have been stretched out upon those eternal Mansions! If visible things which our eye seeth, are so taking; what are things invisible! And if this earth which we tread on, be a Looking-glass (as indeed it is) wherein we may see the wisdom and power of God; what will heaven be? How will that reflect the wisdom, power, and goodness of God? If this world be a beauty, and is therefore expressed ⟨p. 68⟩by a word in the Greek signifying beauty,1 comeliness, decency; what will that world be which is to come! Thus much of the exactness of the building. The next verse holds out the strength and firmness of it.
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