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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.
And thou sayest, how doth God know? The conjunctive particle And, is here put as a causal, And thou sayest; that is, therefore thou sayest, how doth God know? So the sense is more clear, Is not God in the height of heaven, &c. He is. And what then? The use thou makest of it is this; Thou sayest, how doth God know? so the ⟨p. 121⟩particle is used (Gen. 49.16.) He saw that rest was good, and he gave his shoulders to the burden, &c. that is, therefore he gave his shoulders to the burden.
And thou sayest, how doth God know? The conjunctive particle And, is here put as a causal, And thou sayest; that is, therefore thou sayest, how doth God know? So the sense is more cleare, Is not God in the height of heaven, &c. He is. And what then? The use thou makest of it is this; Thou sayest, how doth God know? so the ⟨p. 121⟩particle is used (Gen. 49.16.) He saw that rest was good, and he gave his shoulders to the burthen, &c. that is, therefore he gave his shoulders to the burthen.
Thou sayest, How doth God know?
We may answer; First, Negatively, Not by sense, as we; eyes and ears are ascribed to God improperly in Scripture; nor doth God know by discourse, drawing one thing from another; but in the Affirmative, he knows intuitively, he knows every thing nakedly in it self.
Wee may answer; First, Negatively, Not by sence, as wee; eyes and eares are ascribed to God improperly in Scripture; nor doth God know by discourse, drawing one thing from another; but in the Affirmative, he knowes intuitively, he knowes every thing nakedly in it selfe.