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…

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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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Whatsoever God performeth, or doth to any man, was before appointed, or decreed for, or concerning him.

Whatsoever God performeth, or doth to any man, was before appoynted, or decreed for, or concerning him.

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All the works of God in time, were his decrees before time, he performeth the thing that is appointed, and appointed by himself, and his appointments are as himself is from everlasting. Whatsoever God doth, we find it under an appointment.

All the workes of God in time, were his decrees before time, hee performeth the thing that is appoynted, and appoynted by himselfe, and his appoyntments are as himselfe is from everlasting. Whatsoever God doth, we finde it under an appoyntment.

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First, and especially, as to (the business in hand) the afflictions and suffering of his servants; All their sufferings are under an appointment. (Micah 6.9) The Lords voice crieth unto the City, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name, hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it. As if he had said; your selves by your sins are the procurers of it; we the Prophets are only the reporters and publishers of it; But God himself is the appoynter of it. As public and national rods, so private or personal rods are appointed; And as often as we feel their smart, we should consider their appointment. The Apostle (1 Thes. 3.3.) moves the Saints to a steadiness of spirit under affliction upon this ground, that no man should be moved by these afflictions (he doth not mean that we should be without sense of our afflictions, strokes, and sufferings, but his meaning is, that we should neither be moved by impatience under them, to murmur at them, nor be moved by undue fears to faint in them, why?) for your selves know that we are appointed thereunto. The afflictions are appointed to us, and we are appointed to them, and your selves know it. This doctrine hath been published to you, that afflictions are under a divine appointment, that there is a decree of God about them. And that, First, as to the matter, of what sort the affliction shall be; secondly, as

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