A Directory for the Afflicted: Being Select Extracts from the First Fourteen Chapters of the Rev. Joseph Caryl's Commentary on the Book of Job |
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... hypocrite . But Job thou art afflicted ; therefore thou art cer- tainly an unprincipled hypocrite , if not an open sinner . This is the sum of the whole disputation ; yet SELECT EXTRACTS, &c. ...
... hypocrite . But Job thou art afflicted ; therefore thou art cer- tainly an unprincipled hypocrite , if not an open sinner . This is the sum of the whole disputation ; yet SELECT EXTRACTS, &c. ...
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... hypocrite . 6 " Verse 9. Then Satan answered the Lord , and said , Doth Job fear God for nought ? ' Some render , Doth Job fear God in vain ? No. He looked for riches and he hath attain- ed them . When a man's actions are fair , to ...
... hypocrite . 6 " Verse 9. Then Satan answered the Lord , and said , Doth Job fear God for nought ? ' Some render , Doth Job fear God in vain ? No. He looked for riches and he hath attain- ed them . When a man's actions are fair , to ...
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... hypocrites , so there is nothing we should dread less than being called so without cause . Verse 10. Hast not thou made an hedge about him and about his house , and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of ...
... hypocrites , so there is nothing we should dread less than being called so without cause . Verse 10. Hast not thou made an hedge about him and about his house , and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of ...
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... hypocrite . " To touch signifies a sore affliction , Chapter . xix . 21 , and it signifies a light affliction , Gen. xxvi . 11. It is certain , that if God do but touch the highest and greatest estate in the world , it will quickly fall ...
... hypocrite . " To touch signifies a sore affliction , Chapter . xix . 21 , and it signifies a light affliction , Gen. xxvi . 11. It is certain , that if God do but touch the highest and greatest estate in the world , it will quickly fall ...
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... Hypocrites , who have but a show of grace , fall off in times of trial . The word movedst carries in it a vehement instigation . Satan is an importunate solicitor against the people of God . He moved God to destroy , that is , to ...
... Hypocrites , who have but a show of grace , fall off in times of trial . The word movedst carries in it a vehement instigation . Satan is an importunate solicitor against the people of God . He moved God to destroy , that is , to ...
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afflictions afraid anger answer argument Behold Bildad blessing Book of Job cast cause cerning chapter children of God children of men Christ comfort complain confesses counsel creature curse darkness death desire despise distress doth duty earth Eliphaz evil eyes favour fear foolish free grace friends give glory God's godly grace grave happy hath heart heaven Hebrew Hence observe holy honour hope humble hypocrite iniquity Job seems Job's JOSEPH CARYL judgment labour live Lord mercy mourn ness never outward pain pardon perish Pharisee pray prayer prosperity Psal Psalm punishment reason riches righteous Sabeans saints Satan servants sins sorrows soul speak spirit strength thee thine hand things thou hast thou shalt thou shouldest tion tongue trouble trust truth Verse 11 Verse 12 Verse 20 wicked wilt wisdom word signifies wound wrath Zophar
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Page 25 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 13 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 25 - And the LORD said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?
Page 19 - While he was yet speaking there came also another, and said, Thy sons and thy daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house : and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead, and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
Page 7 - And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Page 3 - Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Page 19 - While he was yet speaking, there came also another, and said, The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped to tell thee.
Page 35 - And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven. So they sat down with him upon the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great.
Page 199 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Page 17 - The fire of God is fallen from heaven, and hath burned up the sheep, and the servants, and consumed them; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.