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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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Thirdly, The works of God are so full of power, that none can put a stop to, or hinder the accomplishment of them. These are three excellent perfections of the works of God; And the last is that which is here under hand. Hezekiah, though a great King, was not able to bring a work about which he had a mind to, The rescue of Jerusalem out of the hand of the Assyrians, and therefore he sends this pitiful cry to the Prophet Isaiah (2 King. 19.3.) The children are come to the birth (that is, the business is ripe for execution) and there is no strength to bring forth. The works of the strongest men may stick in the birth for want of strength to bring them forth. But the works of God never stick in the birth upon that or any other account. He is in one mind, and who can turn him? There are four ways by which men are usually turned off from or stopped in their works, but by none of them will God be turned, when he hath a mind to work.
Thirdly, The workes of God are so full of power, that none can put a stop to, or hinder the accomplishment of them. These are three excellent perfections of the workes of God; And the last is that which is here under hand. Hezekiah, though a great King, was not able to bring a worke about which he had a minde to, The rescue of Jerusalem out of the hand of the Assyrians, and therefore he sends this pitifull cry to the Prophet Isaiah (2 King. 19.3.) The children are come to the birth (that is, the busines is ripe for execution) and there is no strength to bring forth. The workes of the strongest men may sticke in the birth for want of strength to bring them forth. But the workes of God never sticke in the birth upon that or any other account. He is in one minde, and who can turne him? There are foure wayes by which men are usually turned off from or stopped in their workes, but by none of them will God be turned, when he hath a minde to worke.
First, Men are often stopped by outward power; they do not either that good or that evil which they would, because they cannot, and their cannot, possibly, doth not lie in this, that they have not a power in themselves proportionable to the work, or because they have meddled with a matter too great for them, and for which they are no match; but they therefore only cannot do what they would, because they are hindered from doing it. A man may have ability to master the work he is about to do, yet not