An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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 ...

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. and S. Simmons, 1666

[16], 1036, [26] p. · 442k words · Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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AN EXPOSITION WITH Practical Observations UPON The Thirty-eighth, T… › Chapter 38 › Verse 1-3

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Secondly, The Lord came here to instruct and teach Job. Several persons had dealt with him before, and they very worthy, good, and learned persons, and they came with a purpose to do him good; yet all would not do: All that his three friends said, who undertook him first in their turns, was to little purpose in appearance. And though Elihu, a spritely young man, discoursed him with much life and heat, yet neither could he do the business: ⟨p. 16⟩Jobs spirit began indeed to yield upon the last engagement of Elihu with him; yet he did not convince him fully. God came at last, and he prevailed, he did the deed; Then the Lord answered Job.

Secondly, The Lord came here to instruct and teach Job. Several persons had dealt with him before, and they very worthy, good, and learned persons, and they came with a purpose to do him good; yet all would not do: All that his three friends said, who undertook him first in their turns, was to little purpose in appearance. And though Elihu, a spritely young man, discours'd him with much life and heat, yet neither could he do the business: ⟨p. 16⟩Jobs spirit began indeed to yeeld upon the last engagement of Elihu with him; yet he did not convince him fully. God came at last, and he prevailed, he did the deed; Then the Lord answered Job.

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Hence Note, We need the teachings of God, besides all the teachings of men, that we may rightly know him, and our selves, together with the intendment of his dealings with us, and our own duty under them.

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'Tis the mercy of the New Covenant, that we shall be taught of God, and not by man only nor alone. As here Job had three or four, so we may have thrice three men toiling with us a long time in vain. The work is never well done, till God comes; and though we have not such appearances of God now, yet he doth the same thing in effect to this day. This and that man, a thousand men, yea a man who is an Interpreter, one of a thousand (as Elihu spake) may be labouring upon the conscience of a sinner, and never bring things home either to convince or comfort him, till God is pleased to come in by the power of his blessed Spirit, and then who can but be convinced and comforted! Hence our Lord Christ had no sooner reported the Covenant Promise out of the Prophet, They shall be all taught of God (

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Joseph Caryl, An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,… (London, 1666), ch. 38, verse 1-3, pp. 16–17. EEBO-TCP A35538.

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Joseph Caryl 1602–1673

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London

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M. and S. Simmons

Year

1666

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[16], 1036, [26] p.

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441,742

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Wing C777 · ESTC R19353

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EEBO-TCP A35538

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