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…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
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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A godly man is never better then when he is near God, and then thinks himself best when he is nearest unto God; all his happiness in this life and his glory in that which is to come, doth consist in his nearness unto God.

A godly man is never better then when he is neer God, and then thinks himselfe best when he is neerest unto God; all his happines in this life and his glory in that which is to come, doth consist in his nearenes unto God.

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Secondly, Whereas Job saith; O that I might come even to his Seat. Observe.

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A Godly man is willing that God should Judge both his Person and his Cause.

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That's the design of Job, he had appealed from the Judgement of his friends, and begged the Judgement of God; He was resolute in it, to stand or fall according to his sentence. But why was Job so desirous of the Judgement of God? why would he go to his Throne, and appeal to him? When men make appeals from one Throne to another, they have their reasons for it; When Paul said, I appeal to Caesar (

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