but they slept again, and again. Look I pray you it to Job 19. and see what Job saith concerning his friends; These ten times (saith b• at verse 3.) have ye reproached me, yet are ye not ashamed. ⟨p. 380⟩It is an evil thing to reproach a man, it is worser to reproach a godly man, it is yet worser to reproach a godly man under Affliction, and to afflict the afflicted; but to reproach a man ten times, this is evil indeed: yet saith Job, These ten times have ye reproached me; and yet Job's Friends were godly. Possibly then, a good man may fall into the same sin again, and again, ten times, that is very often. And you know how it was with Abraham, the Father of the Faithful; you read in Genesis, 12. that when he was driven by reason of Famine, into Egypt, he desired his Wife Sarah to say, that she was his Sister; which indeed was no lye, but his sin of Unbelief, and very evil; for thereby he put his Wife upon a great Temptation; he was reproved for it, as you read in the Chapter: yet if you look into the 20. Chapter, you shall find, that he was at the same work again, And Abraham journeyed towards the South Country; and Abraham said (at ver. 2.) of Sarah his Wife, she is my Sister. And so also if you look into 2. Chron. 19. you shall find it was thus with that good King Jehoshaphat, complying too much with the King of Israel, for which he is reproved, at verse 2. And Jehu went out to meet him, and said to King Jehoshaphat, shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord: yet if you look into the 20. Chapter, you shall find, that he falls into the same sin again: And Eleazar prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, (at the last verse) Because thou hast joined thy self with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works; and the Ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Jehoshaphat a good man, yet he falls into the same sin again: So that I shall not need to spend longer time in this, it is too apparent, Possibly a good man, a true Disciple of Christ, may fall into the same Sin again, and again. That is the First.
but they slept again, and again. Look I pray you it to Job 19. and see what Job saith concerning his friends; These ten times (saith b• at verse 3.) have ye reproached me, yet are ye not ashamed. ⟨p. 380⟩It is an evil thing to reproach a man, it is worser to reproach a godly man, it is yet worser to reproach a godly man under Affliction, and to afflict the afflicted; but to reproach a man ten times, this is evil indeed: yet saith Job, These ten times have ye reproached me; and yet Job's Friends were godly. Possibly then, a good man may fal into the same sin again, and again, ten times, that is very often. And you know how it was with Abraham, the Father of the Faithful; you read in Genesis, 12. that when he was driven by reason of Famine, into Egypt, he desired his Wife Sarah to say, that she was his Sister; which indeed was no lye, but his sin of Unbelief, and very evil; for thereby he put his Wife upon a great Temptation; he was reproved for it, as you read in the Chapter: yet if you look into the 20. Chapter, you shal find, that he was at the same work again, And Abraham journeyed towards the South Country; and Abraham said (at ver. 2.) of Sarah his Wife, she is my Sister. And so also if you look into 2. Chron. 19. you shal find it was thus with that good King Jehosaphat, complying too much with the King of Israel, for which he is reproved, at verse 2. And Jehu went out to meet him, and said to King Jehosaphat, shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord? therfore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord: yet if you look into the 20. Chapter, you shal find, that he fals into the same sin again: And Eliazar prophesied against Jehosaphat, saying, (at the last verse) Because thou hast joyned thy self with Ahaziah, the Lord hath broken thy works; and the Ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish. Jehosaphat a good man, yet he fals into the same sin again: So that I shal not need to spend longer time in this, it is too apparent, Possibly a good man, a true Disciple of Christ, may fal into the same Sin again, and again. That is the First.
