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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 1-3
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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.
'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 (John 6.45.) but presently he makes this inference from it, Every man therefore that hath heard and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. We may say to all who are savingly wrought upon, as Christ to Peter, upon that Confession which he made (Matth. 16.16. Thou art Christ, the Son of the Living God) Flesh and blood hath not revealed this to you, but your Father which is in Heaven.
'Tis the mercy of the New Covenant, that we shall be taught of God, and not by man onely nor alone. As here Job had three or four, so we may have thrice three men toyling 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 (