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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 12-15
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Secondly, By whom the high arm shall be broken?
Thirdly, How or by what means, or in what manner it shall be broken?
I answer to the first, These terrible words are not levelled nor intended against any high arm (eo nomine) upon that account, because it is high. God is not angry with the highness of men. They who are highest, and have the highest arm among men, may be highly pleasing unto God. The highest powers on earth, are of Gods ordaining and appointing; now, God cannot be against his own ordinances and appointments; therefore he never b•eaks the high arm, because 'tis high in power, but because 'tis high in wickedness. So then we may be confident, 'tis only the high ⟨p. 142⟩arm of the wicked which is here threatened to be broken.
I answer to the first, These terrible words are not levell'd nor intended against any high arm (eo nomine) upon that account, because it is high. God is not angry with the highness of men. They who are highest, and have the highest arm among men, may be highly pleasing unto God. The highest powers on earth, are of Gods ordaining and appointing; now, God cannot be against his own ordinances and appointments; therefore he never b•eaks the high arm, because 'tis high in power, but because 'tis high in wickedness. So then we may be confident, 'tis only the high ⟨p. 142⟩arm of the wicked which is here threatned to be broken.