The Epic of the Inner Life: Being the Book of Job Tr. Anew, & Accompanied with Notes & an Introductory StudyHoughton, Mifflin & Company, 1891 - 352 pages |
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Page 17
... God deals with men , and how men may interpret his dealings ; why God sees fit to afflict the righteous ; these are indeed important questions , and not to be ... God's unexplained visitation . In the answer to THE INTRODUCTORY STUDY 17.
... God deals with men , and how men may interpret his dealings ; why God sees fit to afflict the righteous ; these are indeed important questions , and not to be ... God's unexplained visitation . In the answer to THE INTRODUCTORY STUDY 17.
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... God's unexplained visitation . In the answer to that personal question lies the su- preme answer to all the rest ... God for nought ? " This is , of course , the sneer of utter selfishness against all that swers to the it was pro- is ...
... God's unexplained visitation . In the answer to that personal question lies the su- preme answer to all the rest ... God for nought ? " This is , of course , the sneer of utter selfishness against all that swers to the it was pro- is ...
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... God , just for His sake and for righteousness ' sake ? Nor is such a ques- tion , we must admit , very strange in a world where the fear of God is regarded as the sure road to worldly prosperity . Where How it an such an idea prevails ...
... God , just for His sake and for righteousness ' sake ? Nor is such a ques- tion , we must admit , very strange in a world where the fear of God is regarded as the sure road to worldly prosperity . Where How it an such an idea prevails ...
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... GOD WHICH IS NOT The solution expressed in a proposi- tion . WORK FOR REWARD : IT IS A HEART- LOYALTY , A HUNGER AFTER GOD'S PRESENCE , WHICH SURVIVES LOSS AND CHASTISEMENT ; WHICH IN SPITE OF CONTRA- DICTORY SEEMING CLEAVES TO WHAT IS GOD ...
... GOD WHICH IS NOT The solution expressed in a proposi- tion . WORK FOR REWARD : IT IS A HEART- LOYALTY , A HUNGER AFTER GOD'S PRESENCE , WHICH SURVIVES LOSS AND CHASTISEMENT ; WHICH IN SPITE OF CONTRA- DICTORY SEEMING CLEAVES TO WHAT IS GOD ...
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... God's immediate vis- itation . It is taken for granted by all , Job , his wife , and his friends , that he is for some reason the object of God's wrath . Here , then , is Job's difficulty : God is punishing him , — and for what ? He is ...
... God's immediate vis- itation . It is taken for granted by all , Job , his wife , and his friends , that he is for some reason the object of God's wrath . Here , then , is Job's difficulty : God is punishing him , — and for what ? He is ...
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Abaddon affliction Almighty argument assertion Barachel Behold Bildad Book of Job Book of Proverbs breath cause CHAP Chapter compare section curse darkness Daysman death discourse divine doctrine Doth earth elephantiasis Elihu Eliphaz epic evil eyes face fact faith fear friends gilt top give God's goeth hast thou hath hear heart heaven human idea iniquity integrity interpretation Introductory Study Isaiah Jehovah Job answered Job's words judge judgment justice light lines LORD maketh ment Mephistopheles merely mighty mind mocketh mouth mystery natural ness passage philosophy poem problem prosperity punishment question regarded righteous Satan section iii section viii section xvi seems shalt Sheol soul speak speech spirit Temanite thee theophany things Thomas Starr King thought Thy hand tion translated truth turn unto upright utter Wherefore wherein wicked wickedness Wilt thou Wisdom literature wise wrath xviii Zophar
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Page 109 - Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth...
Page 110 - ... Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Page 27 - Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
Page 175 - But vaster. We are fools and slight; We mock thee when we do not fear: But help thy foolish ones to bear; Help thy vain worlds to bear thy light. Forgive what seem'd my sin in me; What seem'd my worth since I began; For merit lives from man to man, And not from man, O Lord, to thee.
Page 132 - His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great household ; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the East.
Page 71 - When he made a decree for the rain, and a way for the lightning of the thunder; Then did he see it, and declare it; he prepared it, yea, and searched it out. And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Page 130 - There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Page 52 - Es leuchtet mir ein, I see a glimpse of it!' cries he elsewhere: 'there is in man a HIGHER than Love of Happiness: he can do without Happiness, and instead thereof find Blessedness!
Page 84 - Lieth flat and loveth Setebos ! 'Maketh his teeth meet through his upper lip, Will let those quails fly, will not eat this month One little mess of whelks, so he may 'scape !] CONFESSIONS. I. WHAT is he buzzing in my ears ? " Now that I come to die, Do I view the world as a vale of tears ?
Page 108 - WOE to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds ! When the morning is light, they practise it, Because it is in the power of their hand. And they covet fields, and take them by violence; And houses, and take them away: So they oppress a man and his house, Even a man and his heritage.