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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 4 › Verses 1-6
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Fourthly, observe, That trust, or confidence in God, settles the heart in all conditions. Is not this thy confidence? Thy confidence certainly is but a shadow, for if it had been real, thou hast been established and upheld, notwithstanding all that weight of affliction that lies upon thee. When there was an unquietness upon the soul of David, he first questions his soul about it, Why art thou disquieted O my soul; and then directs, trust in God, Psal. 42. 11. So the Prophet promiseth, (Isa. 26. 3.) Him wilt thou establish in perfect peace, whose heart doth trust upon thee. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, Psal. 125. 1. He that is carried and tossed thus about, with every wind of trouble and gust of sorrow, shows he hath not cast out this anchor of hope, upon the Rock Jesus Christ.
Fourthly, observe, That trust, or confidence in God, settles the heart in all conditions. Is not this thy confidence? Thy confidence certainly is but a shadow, for if it had been reall, thou hast been established and upheld, notwithstanding all that weight of affliction that lies upon thee. When there was an unquietnesse upon the soule of David, he first questions his soule about it, Why art thou disquieted O my soule; and then directs, trust in God, Psal. 42. 11. So the Prophet promiseth, (Isa. 26. 3.) Him wilt thou establish in perfect peace, whose heart doth trust upon thee. They that trust in the Lord shall be as mount Zion, Psal. 125. 1. He that is carried and tost thus about, with every winde of trouble and gust of sorrow, shewes he hath not cast out this anchor of hope, upon the Rock Jesus Christ.
But here a question must be answered, for the clearing of all, and likewise for discovering the strength or weakness of this argument brought by Eliphaz, in this particular case of Job. Eliphaz taxed Job with hypocrisy; because his graces did not act, or they did not act like themselves, like graces; he gave not proof of them