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An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of…
An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of Job delivered in XXI lectures at Magnus near the bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practical observations upon the three first chapters of the book of Iob delivered in XXI lectures at Magnus neare the bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by G. Miller for Henry Overton, 1643
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Blackness, is more then darkness, therefore we find blackness an addition to darkness, in the Epistle of Jude, ver. 13. where giving divers elegant characters of wicked men, whom he calls spots in their feasts of charity, clouds without water, trees without fruit, raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame, wandering Stars: And what is the portion of men thus qualified, but Hell, wrath and vengeance? So he tells us in the next words, To whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever. Darkness, and the blackness of darkness, is the portion of those that shall for ever lie under the wrath of God; blackness of darkness is the beauty of Hell, that fire will besot the damned to all eternity: Then the blackness of darkness, is the darkest darkness that can be imagined; blackness of darkness was Egypts plague; that was darkness and thick darkness, darkness to be felt, Exo. 10.21. so dark, that no man could see another, neither arose any from his place for three days, ver. 23. this was blackness of darkness; the picture of Hell, that chamber of darkness. The word in the Hebrew, signifieth heat and blackness: The reason is given,1 because heat makes things black and swarthy; from the same ⟨p. 360⟩word those Idolatrous Priests spoken of,2 2 King. 23.5. were called Chemarims, or the black Priests, and they were called so, either from the black vests or garments which they commonly wore, or from the heat and fire of their furious zeal, either in the defence or exercise of their superstitious worship; or from the smoky incense which they offered, fit enough to black themselves, but no way pleasing unto God.
Blacknesse, is more then darkenesse, therefore we find blacknesse an addition to darknesse, in the Epistle of Jude, ver. 13. where giving divers elegant characters of wicked men, whom he calls spots in their feasts of charity, clouds without water, trees without fruit, raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame, wandring Starres: And what is the portion of men thus qualified, but Hell, wrath and vengeance? So he tells us in the next words, To whom is reserved the blacknesse of darknesse for ever. Darknesse, and the blacknesse of darknesse, is the portion of those that shall for ever lie under the wrath of God; blacknesse of darknesse is the beauty of Hell, that fire will besoote the damned to all eternity: Then the blacknesse of darknesse, is the darkest darknesse that can be imagined; blacknesse of darknesse was Egypts plague; that was darknesse and thick darknesse, darknesse to be felt,