A35438:1075
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh chapters of the Book of Job being the substance of XXXV lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed for L. Fawne, 1656
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Chapters o… › Chapter 5 › Verses 13-16
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Put as much into their hands us you can, there is more than that put in their hearts by hope. The poor hath hope: he looks over all his possessions, and pitcheth upon expectation as his portion. The estate which a believer hath in the promises, is more than the estate he hath in possession: Riches in the promise, is better than riches in the chest. And so the deliverances and protections which are laid up for the Saints in promises, are more than all the deliverances and protections received and enjoyed: There is no enjoyment but that in Heaven (where we shall enjoy all that ever was promised) so good as hope, for what is promised. Alexander an Heathen, had such a notion about an earthly hope, which had no ground neither, but the great things his own ambition promised him, for when one seeing him give away all his present inheritances, 1said, what Sir, will you make your self a beggar, no (saith he) I will reserve hope for my self.
Put as much into their hands us you can, there is more than that put in their hearts by hope. The poore hath hope: he lookes over all his possessions, and pitcheth upon expectation as his portion. The estate which a beleever hath in the promises, is more than the estate he hath in possession: Riches in the promise, is better than riches in the chest. And so the deliverances and protections which are laid up for the Saints in promises, are more than all the deliverances and protections received and enjoyed: There is no enjoyment but that in Heaven (where we shall enjoy all that ever was promised) so good as hope, for what is promised. Alexander an Heathen, had such a notion about an earthly hope, which had no ground neither, but the great things his own ambition promised him, for when one seeing him give away all his present inheritances, 1said, what Sir, will you make your selfe a beggar, no (saith he) I will reserve hope for my selfe.
- 1Persp•ctâ hac Dei providentia erga pauperes & humiles, maligni & nocendi studiosi retrahent sese, neque inter se amplias ineant prava & iniqua adversus pios consilia Aquin.