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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Hebrew is very concise, His soul desireth, and doth. That is, he no sooner desireth a thing, but he doth it,1 or when he desireth, it is done. The will of God is execution; though he willeth many things, which (as to man) are not presently, no nor till a long time after executed, yet as to himself whatsoever God willeth is executed, and whensoever he pleaseth, his will is actually executed among men. He desireth, and it is done.
The Hebrew is very concise, His soule desireth, and doth. That is, he no sooner desireth a thing, but he doth it,1 or when he desireth, it is done. The will of God is execution; though he willeth many things, which (as to man) are not presently, no nor till a long time after executed, yet as to himselfe whatsoever God willeth is executed, and whensoever he pleaseth, his will is actually executed among men. He desireth, and it is done.
- 1Optat tantam & protinus fectum est. Merc:
From the words thus opened, we may observe according to the first reading of the former part of the verse. That God is one.
There is one God, and but one. Thus the Lord speaks of himself by the Prophet (Isa. 44.8.) Is there a God besides me? Yea there is no God. I know not any. (Isai. 45.5.) I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides me. He is one himself, and