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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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Somewhat of God is stamped, or there are certain lines of his transcendent perfections drawn upon every Creature; here a line of wisdom, and there a line of power; here a line of goodness, and there a line of mercy; the sight of these should cause us to shout for joy; especially, that this God, the Creator of the ends of the Earth is our God for ever and ever, and will be our guide even unto death. How many lines have we of God in the World, which we have not read, much less studied and commented upon! In how many things is God visible, and yet we see him not, nor acknowledge him as we ought? Take only these two things by way of inference from the whole.
Somewhat of God is stamped, or there are certain lines of his transcendent perfections drawn upon every Creature; here a line of wisdom, and there a line of power; here a line of goodness, and there a line of mercy; the sight of these should cause us to shout for joy; especially, that this God, the Creator of the ends of the Earth is our God for ever and ever, and will be our guide even unto death. How many lines have we of God in the World, which we have not read, much less studied and commented upon! In how many things is God visible, and yet we see him not, nor acknowledge him as we ought? Take onely these two things by way of inference from the whole.
First, To be of a praising, of a rejoicing spirit, i••o be of an excellent spirit, of an angelical spirit. Let us imitate •he Angels in ⟨p. 91⟩praising God. The Angels are called the Sons of God, because they imitate him; let us imitate the Angels in praising God, so shall we approve our selves the Sons of God too.
First, To be of a praising, of a rejoycing spirit, i••o be of an excellent spirit, of an angelical spirit. Let us imitate •he Angels in ⟨p. 91⟩