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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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 (Act. 25.11.) doubtless he was fully persuaded that he should find better terms with Caesar then among the Jews; So when Job saith, I appeal to God (which is the highest appeal, and beyond which there lies no appeal) doubtless Job was fully persuaded that he should find better terms at Gods tribunal, then he had found among his friends. And Job might have many grounds of better terms from God. For

That's the designe of Job, he had appealed from the Judgement of his friends, and begd the Judgement of God; He was resolute in it, to stand or fall according to his sentence. But why was Job so desirerous of the Judgement of God? why would he goe to his Throne, and appeale to him? When men make appeales from one Throne to another, they have their reasons for it; When Paul said, I appeale to Caesar (Act. 25.11.) doubtless he was fully perswaded that he should find better termes with Caesar then among the Jews; So when Job saith, I appeale to God (which is the highest appeale, and beyond which there lyes no appeale) doubtlesse Job was fully perswaded that he should finde better termes at Gods tribunal, then he had found among his friends. And Job might have many grounds of better termes from God. For

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