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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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These words are filled with the very spirit of malice against God himself; And we have the same breathed out in the same language in the former Chapter at the 14th verse, there the reader may find them explicated, and I shall add somewhat for a further explication here.
These words are filled with the very spirit of malice against God himselfe; And we have the same breathed out in the same language in the former Chapter at the 14th verse, there the reader may finde them explicated, and I shall add somewhat for a further explication here.
Which said to God, depart from us.
To this height of madness do some wicked men arise, their spirits being big with sin, they bring forth or belch out this monster of words; They say to God, depart from us. They (as it were) send God a writ of Ejectment, they do not pray or entreat God to depart from them, but with as much rudeness and incivility as unholiness and profaneness, Say unto God, depart from us. 'Tis a word of command, from man, but such a one as breaks all the commandments of God. Moses (Numb. 16.26.) beseeches the people, saying, Depart I pray you from the tents of these wicked men, and touch nothing of theirs; but here we have wicked men not praying God to depart, but bidding him, they say depart from us. David speaks to the wicked (Psal. 119.115.) Depart from me ye evil doers, for I will keep the commandments of my God; he bids them begone, He would ⟨p. 157⟩not give them the least welcome or entertainment. And so Jesus Christ is described speaking to the wicked in the day of Judgement, (