A81199:345
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.
Thirdly, An endeavour to prove and make good, what he had wrongfully suggested.
Thirdly, An indeavour to prove and make good, what he had wrongfully suggested.
The two truths are contained in the 12th verse; first, God is in the height of heaven; secondly, The Stars are very high; these are clear truths; from these Eliphaz makes a wrong suggestion, as if Job upon those grounds of Gods being in the height of heaven, &c. had pleased himself with this conceit, that God could not (at such a distance) take notice of what passeth among, or is acted by men in this inferior world.
The two truths are contained in the 12th verse; first, God is in the height of heaven; secondly, The Stars are very high; these are cleare truths; from these Eliphaz makes a wrong suggestion, as if Job upon those grounds of Gods being in the height of heaven, &c. had pleased himselfe with this conceit, that God could not (at such a distance) take notice of what passeth among, or is acted by men in this inferior world.
(Ver. 13.) And thou sayest, how doth God know? can he judge through the dark cloud? As if he had said, God being in the height of heaven, cannot know, much less judge concerning the state of things here below; Why what should hinder? He tells us what in the 14th verse, where (which was the third thing) he endeavours to prove his suggestion; Thick clouds are ⟨p. 104⟩a covering to him that he seeth not, that's the first proof: and then we have a second, in the latter end of that verse, God hath other things to do then to mind what is done here, he hath higher businesses and employments then to look upon us who are creeping upon mole-hills, and engaged about a heap of earth; for, he walketh in the circuit of heaven; that is, there lieth his great work, he hath enough in a nobler Sphere to employ himself in; and therefore surely, thou thinkest, that God takes no care at all, or not such special care about the affairs and ways of men. This is the sum and scope of these three verses. They are a new charge of impiety upon Job, as shutting up or restraining the providence of God to the things of heaven alone; and we see how Eliphaz frames arguments and proofs of the point for Job, which (as will appear afterwards) never came into his heart.