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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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Secondly, We may observe concerning man in his birth, what a helpless creature man is. If I (saith Job) had been left a little, I had bin gone quickly, there had been an end of me: I could not have helped my self, if the knees had not prevented me, if the breasts had not given me suck, if I had been destitute of these succours, then presently I should have been free among the dead, I should have been quiet and gone into silence.
Secondly, We may observe concerning man in his birth, what a helplesse creature man is. If I (saith Job) had been left a little, I had bin gone quickly, there had been an end of me: I could not have helped my selfe, if the knees had not prevented me, if the brests had not given me suck, if I had been destitute of these succours, then presently I should have been free among the dead, I should have been quiet and gone into silence.
Thirdly, Observe,
That every step of life stands in need of a step of mercy. When the infant is conceived, there must be an act of mercy to quicken it, an act of mercy to nourish it in the womb; an act of mercy for the birth, an act of mercy being borne to take it upon the knee, an act of mercy to bind it up, an act of mercy to give it suck. The beginning of our lives, and the progress of our lives, our generation and our preservation call for acts of mercy, or else (poor creatures as we are,) we quickly perish and return unto our dust. We owe our lives to God at first, and we owe them every moment; if he did not renew mercy every moment, we could not continue life one moment: As it is with our spiritual life, so it is with our natural, Our lives are hid with Christ in God, Col. 3.3. Of and from our selves we cannot subsist, either in grace or nature. It follows, For now should I have lien still, and been quiet, I should have slept; then had I been at rest.