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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, It followeth; if God be every where present, That the godly are never out of the reach of God to help them, and that the wicked are never out of the reach of God to punish them.
Secondly, It followeth; if God be every where present, That the godly are never out of the reach of God to helpe them, and that the wicked are never out of the reach of God to punish them.
(Isa. 43.2.) When thou passest through the waters I will be with thee, and when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burnt. The presence of God is the protection of Saints in the evil which they suffer; and they who do evil cannot be hid from his punishing presence. There is no running from God. It is said of Jonah (Chap. 1.3.) That he fled from the presence of God. ⟨p. 114⟩Whether fled he? The Text saith he fled to Sea, but did not God find him there? He fled from the commanding presence of God, but he fell into the angry presence of God. We have a large description in the 9th of Amos, how carnal men hope to shift out of the hand of God. I (saith the Lord) will slay the last of them with the sword, though they dig to hell, thence shall my hand take them. We read what wise counsel the servants of the King of Benhadad gave him after he had been defeated by the King of Israel (1 King. 20.23, 24, 25.) Their Gods are Gods of the hills, therefore they were stronger then we, but let us fight against them in the plains, and surely we shall be stronger then they. Make thee an Army like the Army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and Chariot for Chariot, and we will fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger then they, and he hearkened to their voice and did so. Why did they desire to fight them upon the plain? they thought God was a God of the hills and not of the valleys, but (ver. 28.) A man of God said to the King of Israel, thus saith the Lord, because the Assyrians have said, the Lord is God of the hills and not of the valleys, therefore will I deliver this great multitude into thy hand. As if he had said, however you deserve not in the least, that I should own you, or assist your cause, yet that I may confute the blasphemous and derogatory principles of these Syrians, I will give you a second victory against them, even in the valleys, where they suppose they have you at an advantage, and shall deal with you beyond the extent of my power and Territory. Though God had no cause to respect the honour of the Israelites, yet he could not forget the honour of his own name, which was obscured by those superstitious Syrians. The most received Doctrine & Divinity of the Heathens confined their Gods to certain places, some to this City, & some to that, some to the hills, & some to the plains, some to the Sea, others to the Land.