A81199:709
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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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.
Some from these words, collect that the books of Moses were written before this time, and that Eliphaz did refer Job to those, bidding him receive that law which the mouth of God had spoken to Moses, but, though whether the law were then formally spoken or no is a dispute, yet it is without all dispute, that the mouth of God had then given a law or rule of life to his people: and so Eliphaz might safely and truly say, Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, there having ⟨p. 224⟩been a Revelation of the mind of God among the faithful in all ages and times. God never left his people to their own will, nor them to be their own Guide and Counsellor. For when the Apostle saith (Rom. 2.14.) that the Gentiles having not the law are a law unto themselves; his meaning is not that they had no law but one of their own devising. They indeed had not the law of God formally spoken to their ears, and preserved in tables of stone, but they had the substance of the law of God naturally written in their hearts. So then, there hath always been a law from his mouth formally in the Church, & naturally in the world. Therefore saith Eliphaz, Receive the law from his mouth, and when he saith, Receive the law from his mouth, it may have a double Opposition.
Some from these words, collect that the books of Moses vvere written before this time, and that Eliphaz did referre Job to those, bidding him receive that lavv which the mouth of God had spoken to Moses, but, though whether the law vvere then formally spoken or no is a dispute, yet it is vvithout all dispute, that the mouth of God had then given a lavv or rule of life to his people: and so Eliphaz might safely and truely say, Receive, I pray thee, the law from his mouth, there having ⟨p. 224⟩been a Revelation of the minde of God among the faithfull in all ages and times. God never left his people to their own will, nor them to be their own Guide and Counseller. For when the Apostle sayth (Rom. 2.14.) that the Gentiles having not the law are a law unto themselves; his meaning is not that they had no law but one of their own devising. They indeed had not the law of God formally spoken to their eares, and preserved in tables of stone, but they had the substance of the law of God naturally vvritten in their hearts. So then, there hath alwayes been a lavv from his mouth formally in the Church, & naturally in the world. Therefore saith Eliphaz, Receive the law from his mouth, and when he saith, Receive the law from his mouth, it may have a double Opposition.