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…

Name: An exposition with practical observations continued upon the twenty-second, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, twenty-fifth, and twenty-sixth…
Author: Joseph Caryl

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.

Joseph Caryl 1602–1673London: printed by M. Simmons, 1655

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And that is expressed in some translations very emphatically,¹ Return home to the Almighty, return till thou comest to or reachest God, be thou sure to repent home; so the word is used (Hos. 14.2. Joel 2.12. Amos 4.6. return home to God, stay not short of him in your repentance, that is, repent fully, seriously; And the intendment of Eliphaz in speaking thus, might be to reprove Job for his former (by him supposed) hypocrisy:² thou hast returned before, but not to the Almighty, surely thou didst repent only as an hypocrite in former times when thou madest the greatest shows of repentance. Therefore now repent as a sincere convert. Thy former repentance was to thee a fruitless repentance, and therefore doubtless but a feigned and false repentance. Thou couldst never ⟨p. 232⟩after it recover out of thine afflicted, thy ruinous condition, and therefore surely thou didst never by it recover out of thy sinful condition, or from thy sins. But now, I promise thee, if thou return to the Almighty, thou shalt be built.

And that is expressed in some translations very emphatically,¹ Returne home to the Allmighty, returne till thou comest to or reachest God, be thou sure to repent home; so the word is used (Hos. 14.2. Joel 2.12. Amos 4.6. returne home to God, stay not short of him in your repentance, that is, repent fully, seriously; And the intendment of Eliphaz in speaking thus, might be to reprove Job for his former (by him supposed) hypocrisie:²

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