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Page xxv
... God , as he in common with his friends had always understood it , cannot be detected in the world as God actually rules it . And he exhibits the terrible perplexity into which the discovery threw him . To miss God's righteousness in the ...
... God , as he in common with his friends had always understood it , cannot be detected in the world as God actually rules it . And he exhibits the terrible perplexity into which the discovery threw him . To miss God's righteousness in the ...
Page xxxii
... God in regard to men ; hence while in Job he is merely reproached by God for setting Him on against His servant , he ... God's trying providence , which is often administered by means of afflictions , it was an easy step to take to endow ...
... God in regard to men ; hence while in Job he is merely reproached by God for setting Him on against His servant , he ... God's trying providence , which is often administered by means of afflictions , it was an easy step to take to endow ...
Page xxxiii
... God and Satan . The Satan is a mere instrument in the economy of God's providence , and though represented as a person , his personal standing is only of the slightest consequence . Hence he does not appear in the Epilogue . His part ...
... God and Satan . The Satan is a mere instrument in the economy of God's providence , and though represented as a person , his personal standing is only of the slightest consequence . Hence he does not appear in the Epilogue . His part ...
Page xxxviii
... God's rule of the world no clear distinction was to be observed between the lot of the righteous and that of the wicked . And it is the undoubted purpose of the author to allow Job successfully to maintain this contention . The ...
... God's rule of the world no clear distinction was to be observed between the lot of the righteous and that of the wicked . And it is the undoubted purpose of the author to allow Job successfully to maintain this contention . The ...
Page xxxix
... God , and spoke of man chiefly as God's terrible power exhibited itself upon him ( ch . ix . , xii . and often ) . 2. The meaning of the speaker here can be no other than that stated in the notes , namely that to understand the princi ...
... God , and spoke of man chiefly as God's terrible power exhibited itself upon him ( ch . ix . , xii . and often ) . 2. The meaning of the speaker here can be no other than that stated in the notes , namely that to understand the princi ...
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Almighty answer answer to Job appears Behold Bildad Book Book of Job Book of Samuel bring calamities Cambridge cause cloud comp connexion darkness death Demy 8vo destruction divine earth Edited Edom Elihu Eliphaz evil expression eyes fear feeling flesh God's guilty hand hath heart heaven idea iniquity innocence Israel Job's mind judgment light Lord meaning moral mouth nature Octavo Old Testament P. G. TAIT passage phrase Poem principle probably Prologue prosperity Prov question Rahab rectitude reference regard rendered reply righteous Satan second clause sense shalt Sheol shew sins speak speaker speeches spirit St John's College sufferings thee thine things thought three friends University of Cambridge unto utter verse reads viii wicked wisdom words xxii xxiii xxiv xxix xxvii xxxviii Zophar
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Page 268 - Canst thou lift up thy voice to the clouds, that abundance of waters may cover thee? Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go and say unto thee, Here we are?
Page 9 - But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, all that he hath is in thy power; only upon himself put not forth thine hand.
Page 274 - Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder ? Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper ? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men.
Page 287 - I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear : But now mine eye seeth thee. Wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes.
Page 5 - 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.
Page 12 - 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 102 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : He fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not.
Page 170 - Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 32 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, When deep sleep falleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, Which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face; The hair of my flesh stood up...
Page 282 - Will he make many supplications unto thee? Will he speak soft words unto thee? Will he make a covenant with thee? Wilt thou take him for a servant for ever? Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?