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, His scope may be to assert the hiddenness of the ways of God, or that the ways of God are not to be found out, nor understood by all the pains and industry, by all the endeavours and disquisitions of man; let him turn himself which way he will, East or West, North or South, yet he must say, I cannot behold him.

Secondly, His scope may be to assert the hiddennes of the wayes of God, or that the wayes of God are not to be found out, nor understood by all the paines and industry, by all the endeavours and disquisitions of man; let him turne himselfe which way he will, East or West, North or South, yet he must say, I cannot behold him.

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Thirdly, Some conceive that Jobs intent is to declare his own understanding or meaning in that earnest wish which he lately ⟨p. 360⟩made,¹ about his admittance to the Throne of God; O that I knew where I might find him, that I might come even to his seat (v. 3d) He was not so gross as to think that God was Confined to any place, or that he had a Seat on which he sate, as the Princes of the Earth have; and therefore he affirms, that God is every where, and no where; that he is every where indeed, though he could not find him appearing to him any where; as if he had said, I do not circumscribe God in my apprehensions to this or that place; I enquire after him East, West, North, and South, that is, all the world over, yet I miss of him and have not attained my purpose to this hour; for he hath not yet manifested himself unto me. This seems to be the general scope of these three verses, which have two things especially Considerable in them.

Thirdly, Some conceive that Jobs intent is to declare his owne understanding or meaning in that earnest wish which he lately ⟨p. 360⟩made,

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