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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To which plea Christ made answer with as Great a power (his being the power of God) and with as perfect a righteousness, his being also the righteousness of God. And hence it is, that when God comes to plead with Believers, he pleads not against them with his power and righteousness, seeing Christ with both pleads for them; He pleads for them not only as he is Jesus Christ the righteous, but as he is the mighty, the All-powerful God. This is the chiefest ground of a believers confidence, that God (as Job here saith) will not plead against him with his great power. What then did Job believe would God do with him? the next words inform us what his faith was in that particular.

To which plea Christ made answer with as Great a power (his being the power of God) and with as perfect a righteousnes, his being also the righteousnesse of God. And hence it is, that when God comes to plead with Beleevers, he pleads not against them with his power and righteousnesse, seing Christ with both pleads for them; He pleads for them not onely as he is Jesus Christ the righteous, but as he is the mighty, the All-powerfull God. This is the chiefest ground of a beleevers confidence, that God (as Job here saith) will not plead against him with his great power. What then did Job beleeve would God doe with him? the next words enforme us what his faith was in that particular.

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But he would put strength in me.

But he would put strength in mee.

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(So we render) the Hebrew is only thus; He will put in me; ¹what he would put is not expressed in the Original; which hath caused some variety of opinion what it should be that the Lord would put into him; and I find a threefold conjecture in the point.

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