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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.
Observe, Secondly, The Lord sometimes mixes a very bitter cup for his own people.
Yea, they have not only a bitter cup, but bitterness is their cup, and they have not only a taste of it, but are filled with it. The Psalmist shows us a bitter cup, which is the proper portion of wicked men; There is a cup in the hand of the Lord, and it is full of mixture, the wine is red, and the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them (Psal. 75.8.) The Lord hath a cup of red wine, that is, a cup filled with wrath, fury and indignation. Wicked men (how much soever their stomachs loath it, and turn against it) shall drink it up to the bottom, or he will ⟨p. 287⟩pour it down their throats, whether they will or no. They shall be filled with bitterness after all their sweet morsels and pleasant draughts. The Saints are filled with bitterness from God, but not with the wrath of God; many sorrows may be mingled in their cup, but everlasting love is ever mingled in it. Saints never drink pure wrath, as wicked men never taste pure love.
Yea, they have not only a bitter cup, but bitternesse is their cup, and they have not only a taste of it, but are filled with it. The Psalmist shews us a bitter cup, which is the proper portion of wicked men; There is a cup in the hand of the Lord, and it is full of mixture, the wine is red, and the dregs thereof all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and drink them (Psal. 75.8.) The Lord hath a cup of red wine, that is, a cup filled with wrath, fury and indignation. Wicked men (how much soever their stomacks loath it, and turn against it) shall drink it up to the bottom, or he will ⟨p. 287⟩pour it down their throats, whether they will or no. They shall be filled with bitternesse after all their sweet morsels and pleasant draughts. The Saints are filled with bitternesse from God, but not with the wrath of God; many sorrows may be mingled in their cup, but everlasting love is ever mingled in it. Saints never drink pure wrath, as wicked men never taste pure love.