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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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We render both the parts of the Text as a plain Interrogation, Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? yet carrying a close ⟨p. 175⟩rebuke. As if the Lord had said, Wast thou born, when I disposed of these things? Is the number of thy days so great, that thou art able to reach such knowledge? Surely no; therefore sit down silent, let thy mouth be stopped with this conviction, that thou knowest not these things; and if not these, which are before thee, and obvious to thy sight, light and darkness; much less art thou able to understand my secret counsels and hidden purposes in the ways of my providence concerning thee: Therefore leave vexing thy self, and commit all thy concernments unto me, rest in my Will, submit to my Power; for thou art no m•re able to reach my mind, than thou art able to tell what was done before thou wast born. Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? Or because the number of thy days is great?
We render both the parts of the Text as a plain Interrogation, Knowest thou it, because thou wast then born? yet carrying a close ⟨p. 175⟩rebuke. As if the Lord had said, Wast thou born, when I disposed of these things? Is the number of thy days so great, that thou art able to reach such knowledge? Surely no; therefore sit down silent, let thy mouth be stopt with this conviction, that thou knowest not these things; and if not these, which are before thee, and obvious to thy sight, light and darkness; much less art thou able to understand my secret councels and hidden purposes in the ways of my providence co•cerning thee: Therefore leave vexing thy self, and commit all thy concernments unto me, rest in my Will, submit to my Power; for thou art no m•re able to reach my mind, than thou art able to tell what was done before thou wast born. Knowest thou it, beca•se thou wast then born? Or because the number of thy days is great?