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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the eighth, ninth and tenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of thirty two lectures, delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by A. Miller for Henry Overton, 1647
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.
Bildad's position is true in it self, but false in the application, If thy children have sinned against him. It is a truth that godly parents may have wicked children. Grace doth not always run in a blood. But it was unevident unto Bildad that Jobs children had sinned against God in his sense. It is not the common sinner whom Bildad meaneth; by sinning against God he intends, not the inevitable actings of sinful nature, but the voluntary studied improvements, heightnings, and provocations of sinful nature.
Bildads position is true in it self, but false in the application, If thy children have sinned against him. It is a truth that godly parents may have wicked children. Grace doth not alwaies run in a bloud. But it was unevident unto Bildad that Jobs children had sinned against God in his sense. It is not the common sinner whom Bildad meaneth; by sinning against God he intends, not the inevitable actings of sinfull nature, but the voluntary studied improvements, heightnings, and provocations of sinfull nature.
Further, In that he concludes, They were cast away for their transgression: He faileth again. It is a truth, that sin is the meritorious cause of punishment, Thy destruction is from thy self, saith the Lord, Hos. 13.9. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee, Jer. 4.18. Sin will help us to sorrow enough. Yet this is not a truth, that every man is afflicted for his sin. As no man knows the love or hatred of God: so no man knows the sin or holiness of man by all that is before him: we cannot argue every one is cast away for his transgression, because he is cast away.
Further, In that he concludes, They were cast away for their transgression: He faileth again. It is a truth, that sinne is the meritorious cause of punishment, Thy destruction is from thy self, saith the Lord, Hos. 13.9. Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee,