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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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Secondly, From those various negatives here used, I cannot perceive him, I cannot behold him, I cannot see him.
Observe; God is a spirit, not visible at all in himself, and he only appears, as and to whom himself pleaseth to appear to and among men.
Observe; God is a spirit, not visible at all in himselfe, and he onely appeares, as and to whom himselfe pleaseth to appeare to and among men.
The appearances of God are not natural but voluntary, when his will is to be seen he gives man the privilege to see him. It is altogether impossible to see him with a bodily eye, (1 Tim. 6.16.) ⟨p. 368⟩God only hath Immortality, dwelling in the light that no man can approach unto, whom no man hath seen, nor can see, that is, with bodily eyes, and as it is impossible to see him at any time with an eye of sense, so he will not always be seen by the eye of our understanding, no nor always by the eye of faith. Faith shall hereafter be perfected in the vision of God, but here faith is sometime quite deprived of the vision of God, He hideth himself from the house of Jacob. Faith is opposed to all bodily sight (2 Cor. 5.7.) We walk by faith not by sight; and faith hath not always a spiritual sight. It is said (Heb. 11.27.) that Moses saw him that is Invisible, he saw him with a spiritual eye, the eye of faith; we have reason to believe, that Job at that time, saw God with an eye of faith, but he saw him not with an eye of understanding, to discern the way of his working with him. They who are most spiritual and of the largest understanding in spirituals, can no more comprehend God then a cockle-shell can contain the Ocean; and many who are spiritual, are so dark in their understandings, or God is so dark to their understandings, that they cannot so much as apprehend or discern him, see or perceive him.