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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 19-21
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From all that hath been said, we may draw down this conclusion, which the Lord did chiefly aim at in dealing with Job; That we are to own and acknowledge the hand of God in every condition: be it light, or be it darkness; be it joy, or be it sorrow; 'tis all of God. There is nothing which concerns either the comfort or trouble of man, but comes forth from God, and is ordered by him; like as in all ages and revolutions of time, light and darkness have held their course, and kept their place, according to his institution and direction. Job was in darkness, both as to his outward and inward estate; his body was pained, his soul ⟨p. 171⟩was grieved, anguish ••ll•d […] spirit; and God would have him see, know, and acknowledge his hand in all. As if he had said, Thou canst no more dispose the peace or trouble, the light or darkness of thy condition, than thou canst dispose of light or darkness in the air. All our changes, from darkness to light, from light to darkness, proceed from the unchangeable God. And as light and darkness have their constant turns in the air, so they have very frequent turns in the life of every man.
From all that hath been said, we may draw down this conclusion, which the Lord did chiefly aim at in dealing with Job; That we are to own and acknowledge the hand of God in every condition: be it light, or be it darkness; be it joy, or be it sorrow; 'tis all of God. There is nothing which concerns either the comfort or trouble of man, but comes forth from God, and is ordered by him; like as in all ages and revolutions of time, light and darkness have held their course, and kept their place, according to his institution and direction. Job was in darkness, both as to his outward and inward estate; his body was pained, his soul ⟨p. 171⟩was grieved, anguish ••ll•d 〈…〉 spirit; and God would have him see, know, and acknowledge his hand in all. As if he had said, Thou canst no more dispose the peace or trouble, the light or darkness of thy condition, than thou canst dispose of light or darkness in the air. All our changes, from darkness to light, from light to darkness, proceed from the unchangeable God. And as light and darkness have their constant turns in the air, so they have very frequent turns in the life of every man.