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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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Further, It is not to be passed by, That Eliphaz doth not only say, They were overflown, but, Their foundation was overflown with a flood. He calls it the overflowing of their foundation, to note, that they were totally or utterly ruined & overthrown: for when the foundation is destroyed, all is destroyed; destruction to the foundation is the worst of destructions. The cruel enemies of the Jews cried, Raze it, raze it even to the foundation thereof (Ps. 137.7.) but to raze the foundation it self is more cruel then razing to the foundation. When the Lord threatened a full and final destruction of those foolish Prophets who had seen vain visions for his people, he said (Ezek. 13.14) I will break down the wall that ye have daubed with untempered mortar, and bring it down to the ground, so that the foundation thereof shall be discovered, &c. That is, I will destroy it as far as destruction it self can go. There shall not only not a stone be left upon a stone of this building above ground, but even the under-ground stones shall not be left. The very foundation shall be opened and discovered. That which lieth at the bottom, or the bottom it self of those flattering prophecies, all the wiles & secret way• of them shall be revealed. David complains of those irreparable breaches made upon the civill state in this stile (Psal. 11.3.) If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? The civill foundation of a Nation or people, is their Laws, and Constitutions, the order and power that is among them, that's the foundation of a People, and when once this foundation is destroyed, what can the righteous do? what can the best, the wisest in the world do in such a case? what can any man do, if there be not a foundation of Government left among men? There is no help nor answer in such a case, but that which follows in the 4th verse of the same Psalm; ⟨p. 151⟩The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lords throne is in heaven, his eyes behold, his eyelids try the children of men. As if he had said; in the midst of these confusions, when as it is said (Psal. 82.5.) All the foundations of the earth are out of course; yet God keeps his course still, he is where he was and as he was, without variableness or shadow of turning. We read in the vision of the four Monarchies (