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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…
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.
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655
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Some conceive these words as the issue of a distempered spirit: others tax Job with too much boldness, that he being but dust and ashes should thus press upon God, and that he was afterwards reproved for it in the 38th Chapter of this Book, verse the first and second; Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind and said (there he found him) who is this that darkeneth Counsel by words without knowledge, gird up now thy loins like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. And again, in the 40th Chap. ver. 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, Shall he that Contendeth with the Almighty instruct him, he that reproveth God let him answer it. Then Job answered the Lord and said; Behold I am vile, I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken, but I will not answer, yea twice, but I will proceed no further, As if he had acknowledged his error and overboldnes in pressing upon God; as in other places, so also in this; O that I might come even to his seat.
Some conceive these words as the issue of a distemperd spirit: others tax Job with too much boldnes, that he being but dust and ashes should thus presse upon God, and that he was afterwards reproved for it in the 38th Chapter of this Booke, verse the first and second; Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlewinde and said (there he found him) who is this that darkeneth Councell by words without knowledge, gird up now thy loynes like a man, for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. And againe, in the 40th Chap. ver. 2d, 3d, 4th, 5th, Shall he that Contendeth with the Almighty instruct him, he that reproveth God let him answer it. Then Job answered the Lord and said; Behold I am vile, I will lay my hand upon my mouth. Once have I spoken, but I will not answer, yea twice, but I will proceed no further, As if he had acknowledged his error and overboldnes in pressing upon God; as in other places, so also in this; O that I might come even to his seate.
Yet I conceive that Job in this passage, doth but put forth the nobler and higher actings of his faith, and that he speaks this, ⟨p. 327⟩not as forgetting the distance of dust and ashes, from the glory of God, or from the glorious God, but as remembering the promise, and as insisting upon his privilege as a believer who is invited to come, and to come with boldness to the throne of Grace. For though that promise was not given out as to the formality of it in those times, yet the virtue of it was, though in a lower degree then now. To come with boldness to the throne of grace,