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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 6-8
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1. A right to them, a right to sin, and a right to sorrow. That which a man is borne to, is duly his, it is his inheritance, or his birth-right; that is the common understanding of the phrase: As some men are borne to a great estate, to lands and honours, &c. so all men are borne to trouble and sin; They are ours by a line all right, derived from our next, yea first parents, so they descend to us as land descends.
1. A right to them, a right to sinne, and a right to sorrow. That which a man is borne to, is duely his, it is his inheritance, or his birth-right; that is the common understanding of the phrase: As some men are borne to a great estate, to lands and honours, &c. so all men are borne to trouble and sin; They are ours by a line all right, derived from our next, yea first parents, so they descend to us as land descends.
2. It implies a readiness, or a fitness to commit sin, or to falls into trouble: When a man is said to be borne to a thing, it note him exceeding apt and forward to take it: He needs little teaching ⟨p. 223⟩and instructing, little cultivating or manuring. As when a man makes verses readily, we say he was borne to Poetry; or when a man gets wealth easily, we say, he was borne to be rich. So in the present case; A mans understanding, will and affections, need no manuring or dressing to bring forth sin, or the fruit of it, sorrow. He is borne to sin.
2. It implies a readinesse, or a fitnesse to commit sin, or to falls into trouble: When a man is said to be borne to a thing, it note him exceeding apt and forward to take it: He needs little teaching ⟨p. 223⟩and instructing, little cultivating or manuring. As when a man makes verses readily, we say he was borne to Poetry; or when a man gets wealth easily, we say, he was borne to be rich. So in the present case; A mans understanding, will and affections, need no manaring or dressing to bring forth sinne, or the fruit of it, sorrow. He is borne to sin.