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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 16-18
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Note; Man knoweth no more than God revealeth to him.
When God puts the question, Have the gates of death been opened or revealed to thee? it is as if he had said, thou canst not know them unless they are opened to thee. And who can open them, if I my self do not? As all the mysteries of the Gospel are hidden from us, till God is pleased to reveal them; so in nature there are many things which are mysteries and secrets to us, till God makes them known to us. And there are some things which God will no more open to us, than he hath the gates of death, or the doors of the shadow of death. And if so, then, as God will never blame us for not knowing those things which he hath hidden, so we should not busy our selves with any enquiries about hidden things. Though the secret of the Lord be with those that fear him (Psal. 25.14.) yet they that fear him, will not, dare not meddle with, nor search into the Lords secret. Therefore,
When God puts the question, Have the gates of death been opened or revealed to thee? it is as if he had said, thou canst not know them unless they are opened to thee. And who can open them, if I my self do not? As all the mysteries of the Gospel are hidden from us, till God is pleased to reveal them; so in nature there are many things which are mysteries and secrets to us, till God makes them known to us. And there are some things which God will no more open to us, than he hath the gates of death, or the doors of the shadow of death. And if so, then, as God will never blame us for not knowing those things which he hath hidden, so we should not busie our selves with any enquiries about hidden things. Though the secret of the Lord be with those that fear him (Psal. 25.14.) yet they that fear him, will not, dare not meddle with, nor search into the Lords secret. Therefore,