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Title: Illustrations of The Book of Job Author: William Blake Release date: November 22, 2009 [eBook #30526] Most recently updated: January 5, 2021 Language: English Credits: Produced by Chris Curnow, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB *** Produced by Chris Curnow, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Transcriber's Note: Characters following ^ are superscripted. * * * * * ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB INVENTED AND ENGRAVED BY WILLIAM BLAKE A NEW EDITION NEW YORK D. APPLETON & COMPANY 1903 NOTE This Issue is reproduced in reduced facsimile from the original Edition published by William Blake in the year 1826. [Illustration: ILLUSTRATIONS of The BOOK of JOB Invented & Engraved by William Blake 1825 London Published as the Act directs March 8:1825 by William Blake N^o 3 Fountain Court, Strand] * * * * * [Illustration: Our Father which art in Heaven hallowed be thy Name Thus did Job continually There was a Man in the Land of Uz whose Name was Job. & that Man was perfect & upright & one that feared God & eschewed Evil & there was born unto him Seven Sons & Three Daughters The Letter Killeth The Spirit giveth Life It is Spiritually Discerned] [Illustration: I beheld the Ancient of Days Hast thou considered my Servant Job The Angel of the Divine Presence I shall see God We shall awake up Thou art our Father in thy Likeness When the Almighty was yet with me. When my Children were about me There was a day when the Sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord & Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord] [Illustration: The Fire of God is fallen from Heaven And the Lord said unto Satan. Behold All that he hath is in thy Power Thy Sons and thy Daughters were eating & drinking Wine in their eldest Brothers house & behold there came a great wind from the Wilderness & smote upon the four faces of the house & it fell upon the young Men & they are Dead] [Illustration: And there came a Messenger unto Job & said The Oxen were plowing & the Sabeans came down & they have slain the Young Men with the Sword Going to & fro in the Earth & walking up and down in it And I only am escaped alone to tell thee. While he was yet speaking there came also another & said The fire of God is fallen from the heaven & hath burned up the flocks & the Young Men & consumed them & I only am escaped alone to tell thee] [Illustration: Did I not weep for him who was in trouble? Was not my Soul afflicted for the Poor Behold he is in thy hand: but save his life Then went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord And it grieved him at his heart Who maketh his Angels Spirits & his Ministers a Flaming Fire] [Illustration: Naked came I out of my mothers womb & Naked shall I return thither The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away. Blessed be the Name of the Lord And smote Job with sore Boils from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head] [Illustration: What! shall we receive Good at the hand of God & shall we not also receive Evil And when they lifted up their eyes afar off & knew him not they lifted up their voices & wept. & they rent every Man his mantle & sprinkled dust upon their heads towards heaven Ye have heard of the Patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord] [Illustration: Lo let that night be solitary & let no joyful voice come therein Let the Day perish wherein I was Born And they sat down with him upon the ground seven days & seven nights & none spake a word unto him for they saw that his grief was very great] [Illustration: Shall mortal Man be more Just than God? Shall a Man be more Pure than his Maker? Behold he putteth no trust in his Saints & his Angels he chargeth with Folly Then a Spirit passed before my face the hair of my flesh stood up] [Illustration: But he knoweth the way that I take when he hath tried me I shall come forth like gold Have pity upon me! Have pity upon me. O ye my friends for the hand of God hath touched me Though he slay me yet will I trust in him The Just Upright Man is laughed to scorn Man that is born of a Woman is of few days & full of trouble he cometh up like a flower & is cut down he fleeth also as a shadow & continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such a one & bringest me into judgment with thee] [Illustration: My bones are pierced in me in the night season & my sinews take no rest My skin is black upon me & my bones are burned with heat The triumphing of the wicked is short, the joy of the hypocrite is but for a moment Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of Light & his Ministers into Ministers of Righteousness With Dreams upon my bed thou scarest me & affrightest me with Visions Why do you persecute me as God & are not satisfied with my flesh. Oh that my words were printed in a Book that they were graven with an iron pen & lead in the rock for ever For I know that my Redeemer liveth & that he shall stand in the latter days upon the Earth & after my skin destroy thou This body yet in my flesh shall I see God whom I shall see for Myself and mine eyes shall behold & not Another tho consumed be my wrought Image Who opposeth & exalteth himself above all that is called God or is Worshipped] [Illustration: For God speaketh once yea twice & Man percieveth it not In a Dream in a Vision of the Night in deep Slumberings upon the bed Then he openeth the ears of Men & sealeth their instruction That he may withdraw Man from his purpose & hide Pride from Man If there be with him an Interpreter One among a Thousand then he is gracious unto him & saith Deliver him from going down to the Pit I have found a Ransom For his eyes are upon the ways of Man & he observeth all his goings I am Young and ye are very Old wherefore I was afraid Lo all these things worketh God oftentimes with Man to bring back his Soul from the Pit to be enlightened with the light of the living Look upon the heavens & behold the clouds which are higher than thou If thou sinnest what doest thou against him or if thou be righteous what givest thou unto him] [Illustration: Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge Then the Lord answered Job out of the Whirlwind Who maketh the Clouds his Chariot & walketh on the Wings of the Wind Hath the Rain a Father & who hath begotten the Drops of Dew] [Illustration: Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades or loose the bands of Orion Let there Be Light Let there be A Firmament Let the Waters be gathered together into one place & let the Dry Land appear And God made Two Great Lights Sun Moon Let the Waters bring forth abundantly Let the Earth bring forth Cattle & Creeping thing & Beast When the morning Stars sang together & all the Sons of God shouted for joy] [Illustration: Can any understand the spreadings of the Clouds the noise of his Tabernacle Also by watering he wearieth the thick cloud He scattereth the bright cloud also it is turned about by his counsels Of Behemoth he saith, He is chief of the ways of God Of Leviathan he saith, He is King over all the Children of Pride Behold now Behemoth which I made with thee] [Illustration: Hell is naked before him & Destruction has no covering Canst thou by searching find out God Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection The Accuser of our Brethren is Cast down which accused them before our God day & night It is higher than Heaven what canst thou do It is deeper than Hell what canst thou know The Prince of this World shall be cast out Thou hast fulfilled the Judgment of the Wicked Even the Devils are Subject to Us thro thy Name. Jesus said unto them I saw Satan as lightning fall from Heaven God hath chosen the foolish things of the World to confound the wise And God hath chosen the weak things of the World to confound the things that are mighty] [Illustration: He bringeth down to the Grave & bringeth up we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as He Is When I behold the Heavens the work of thy hands the Moon & Stars which thou hast ordained, then I say, What is Man that thou art mindful of him? & the Son of Man that thou visitest him I have heard thee with the hearing of the Ear but now my Eye seeth thee He that hath seen me hath seen my Father also I & my Father are One If you had known me ye would have known my Father also and from henceforth ye know him & have seen him Believe me that I am in the Father & the Father in me He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father for he dwelleth in you & shall be with you He that loveth me shall be loved of my Father & I will love him & manifest myself unto him And my Father will love him & we will come unto him & make our abode with him And the Father shall give you Another Comforter that he may abide with you for ever Even the Spirit of Truth which the World Cannot receive At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father & you in me & I in you If ye loved me ye would rejoice because I said I go unto the Father] [Illustration: Also the Lord accepted Job And my Servant Job shall pray for you And the Lord turned the captivity of Job when he prayed for his Friends I say unto you Love your Enemies bless those that curse you do good to those that hate you & pray for those that despitefully use & persecute you That you may be the children of your Father which is in heaven, for he maketh his sun to shine on the Evil & the Good & sendeth the rain on the Just & the Unjust Be ye therefor perfect as your Father which is in heaven is perfect] [Illustration: The Lord maketh Poor & maketh Rich He bringeth Low & Lifteth Up who provideth for the Raven his Food When his young ones cry unto God. Every one also gave him a piece of Money Who remembered us in our low estate For his Mercy endureth forever] [Illustration: How precious are thy thoughts unto me O God how great is the sum of them There were not found Women fair as the Daughters of Job in all the Land & their Father gave them Inheritance among their Brethren If I ascend up into Heaven thou art there If I make my bed in Hell behold Thou art there] [Illustration: Great & Marvellous are thy Works Lord God Almighty Just & True are thy Ways O thou King of Saints So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning After this Job lived an hundred & forty years & saw his Sons & his Sons Sons even four Generations So Job died being old & full of days In burnt Offerings for Sin thou hast had no Pleasure] End of Project Gutenberg's Illustrations of The Book of Job, by William Blake *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE BOOK OF JOB *** Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will be renamed. 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