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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 7
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Fifthly, They may be called the Sons of God, because of their essential likeness to God, or their likeness to him in Essence. God is a Spirit, he is incorporeal; the Angels also are incorporeal, they are Spirits; though the difference between God and Angels be as great as can be conceived, yea, unconceivable; God being the Creating Spirit, and they but created Spirits; God being an Infinite Spirit, and they but finite Spirits; yet the Angels bear a resemblance to God in their essence, as well as in their qualifications, and may upon that ground likewise be called the Sons of God.
Sixthly, Angels are called the Sons of God, because they imitate him. Do good to them that hate you (saith Christ, Matth. 5.44.) that ye may be the Children of your Father, which is in Heaven: that is, imitate God, carry it towards evil men, towards men that are evil to you, or do you evil, as God doth; and this will be both an evidence, that you are the Sons of God, and God will honour you with the Title of his Sons. The Angels imitate God in mercy, and love, and compassion, as also in their good works, their ways being all holy, just, and good, pure and righteous. Further they show much kindness and tenderness to the children of men; they doubtless, are patient towards the froward, and do good offices (as they are called and deputed) to those who deserve little good. Now being like God by imitation, they may be called the Sons of God. Thus we have some account in these particulars, why, or how the Angels are called the Sons of God. But what did these Sons of God, the Angels, when Spectators of the Worlds Creation? The Text tells us,1 They shouted for joy.
Sixthly, Angels are called the Sons of God, because they imitate him. Do good to them that hate you (saith Christ, Matth. 5.44.) that ye may be the Children of your Father, which is in Heaven: that is, imitate God, carry it towards evil men, towards men that are evil to you, or do you evil, as God doth; and this will be both an evidence, that you are the Sons of God, and God will honour you with the Title of his Sons. The Angels imitate God in mercy, and love, and compassion, as also in their good works, their ways being all holy, just, and good, pure and righteous. Further they shew much kindness and tenderness to the children of men; they doubtless, are patient towards the froward, and do good offices (as they are called and deputed) to those who deserve little good. Now being like God by imitation, they may be called the Sons of God. Thus we have some account in these particulars, why, or how the Angels are called the Sons of God. But what did these Sons of God, the Angels, when Spectators of the Worlds Creation? The Text tells us,