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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 5 › Verses 1-2
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To die thus, is to die like a fool indeed. For first, this wrath of man springs from his ignorance of God: Man would not be angry at what the Lord doth, if he knew he were the Lord, and may do what himself pleases. The ground of anger is a supposition of wrong.
To die thus, is to die like a foole indeed. For first, this wrath of man springs from his ignorance of God: Man would not be angry at what the Lord doth, if he knew he were the Lord, and may doe what himselfe pleases. The ground of anger is a supposition of wrong.
Secondly, This wrath of man springs from ignorance of himself. He cannot be angry with any cross, who rightly knows himself.
Secondly, This wrath of man springs from ignorance of himselfe. He cannot be angry with any crosse, who rightly knows himselfe.
First to be a creature.
This notion of our selves teaches us that lesson of humility, to be subject to the will of our Creator. The law of our creation calls us to all passive obedience, as well as unto active, as much and as quietly to suffer, as to do the will of God. But especially, if a man did fully know himself to be a sinful creature, he would not