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John Gill's Exposition on Job 10:12
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thou hast granted me life and favour, etc.] Or “lives” f443; natural life; both in the womb, where and when he was quickened, and at his birth, when he was brought into the world, and began to live in it; the rational soul may be intended, by which he lived; which, when created and infused into man, and united to his body, he becomes a living man; it is the presence of that which causes life, and the absence or removal of that which causes death; and this is a “grant” or gift from God, who gives to all his creatures life and breath, and all things; (see <183304>Job 33:4 <441725>Acts 17:25); and is a “favour” also; a mercy, the chief of mercies; it is more than meat; yea, all a man has he will give for his life: besides this, Job had a spiritual life, a principle of it implanted in him; God had quickened him when dead in trespasses and sins; the spirit of life from Christ had entered into him, and he was become a living spiritual man: this likewise was a “grant” from God, a free grace gift of his; it is he that gives the living water, and gives it freely, or it would not be grace; for it is a “favour” which flows from the free grace and good will of God; it is owing to the great love wherewith he loves men that he quickens them; his time is a time of love, and so of life; and eternal life is the consequent of this, and is inseparably connected with it; and Job had an interest in it, a right unto it, and a meetness for it; he bad knowledge of it, faith in it, and hope of enjoying it, and knew that after death he should live this life; (see <181926>Job 19:26,27); and this is a gift of God through Christ, owing to his good pleasure, the fruit of his favour and loving kindness: though by “favour” may be meant something distinct from life; either the care of him in the womb, and the taking of him out from thence, which are sometimes observed as singular mercies and favours; (see <192209>Psalm 22:9 71:6); or the beauty and comeliness of his body, such as was on Moses, David, and others; (see <203130>Proverbs 31:30); or rather it intends in general all the temporal blessings of life, food and raiment, every thing necessary for the comfort and support of life; and which are all mercies and favours, and what men are undeserving of; and especially spiritual blessings, or the blessings of grace; and the word here used is often used for grace and mercy, and may signify the several graces of the Spirit bestowed in regeneration, as faith, hope, love, etc. which are all the gifts of God, and the effects of his favour and good will; as also the blessings of, justifying, pardoning, and adopting grace; all which Job was favoured with, as well as with supplies of grace from time to time, and the fresh discoveries of the favour and loving kindness of God to him, which is better than life: and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit; kept him alive, in a natural sense, while in the womb, as Jarchi, where he was in a wonderful manner nourished; and when he came out from thence, exposed to many difficulties and dangers, and during his helpless and infant state, and amidst a variety of troubles throughout the whole of his life hitherto; and which was owing to God’s visitation of him in a way of mercy every morning; and which was no other than his providence or daily care of him, and concern for him; and so Mr. Broughton renders it “thy providence” f444, and so some others: likewise he preserved his soul or spirit in a spiritual sense, in Christ Jesus, in who…
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