An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…

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Author: Joseph Caryl

An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastor of the congregation there.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty-seven lectures, delivered at Magnus near London Bridge. By Joseph Caryl, preacher of the Word, and pastour of the congregation there.

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655

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I answer, the Lord carried himself to Job at that time as a stranger, and though he were with him (as he always is with all his) yet he did not find him; The Lord is with many of his people when they are not with him, that is, when they do not find him, or are not sensible of his presence. God is with his people, even when they walk through the valley of the shadow of death, yet they are not always with God: yea God doth not always manifest himself to them while they walk in the most delicious and lightsome paradises of this life. God sometimes hides himself, so that they cannot make it out that God is present with them. God is never seen in regard of the invisibility of his nature, and he is often unseen in regard of the obscurity of his dispensations: as Job shows further at the 8th verse, Behold I go forward but he is not there, and backward but I cannot perceive him. I go forward and backward, that is, I go every way, I take all courses to find him, but I cannot perceive God, for he hides and covers himself with clouds, that our prayers cannot come at him; as the Church complains (Lament. 3.44.) though we are always present to God, yet God is not always present to us, that is, to our apprehension; as God is not at all present to our sense, so he is not always present to our faith; that's the meaning of Job, when he saith, I go forward but he is not there, &c. God is every where; whither can I go from his presence (saith David, Psal. 139.) If I go up into heaven he is there &c. yet saith Job, if I go forward he is not there, that is, I have no Enjoyments of God there; and upon this ground he saith in the present text, O that I knew where I might find him! Job was well acquainted with the doctrine of Gods Omnipresence, he was far from thinking that ⟨p. 318⟩there was any certain place where God was sixth, and whether he must repair as to the Kings and Princes of this world for help. Job knew better Divinity then this, he was acquainted with the nature and divine perfections of God, but he speaks as to his present want, O that I knew where I might find him!

I answer, the Lord carryed himselfe to Job at that time as a stranger, and though he were with him (as he alwayes is with all his) yet he did not finde him; The Lord is with many of his people when they are not with him, that is, when they doe not finde him, or are not sencible of his presence. God is with his people, even when they walke through the valley of the shadow of death, yet they are not alwayes with God: yea God doth not alwayes manifest himselfe to them while they walke in the most delicious and lightsome paradises of this life. God sometimes hides himselfe, so that they cannot make it out that God is present with them. God is never seene in regard of the invisibility of his nature, and he is often unseene in regard of the obscurity of his dispensations: as Job shewes further at the 8th verse, Behold I goe forward but he is not there, and backward but I cannot perceive him. I goe forward and backward, that is, I goe every way, I take all courses to finde him, but I cannot perceive God, for he hides and covers himselfe with clouds, that our prayers cannot come at him; as the Church complaines (

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