A35439:1660
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.
That the outward estate of the best men in the world, is as transitory and fading as that of the worst in the world.
My days (saith Job) my comfortable days are passed away, Every man at his best estate is altogether vanity Psal. 39.5. It is not only a wicked man, whose outward estate is vain, but every mans; Davids crown and sceptre were fading, vanishing flowers. Abraham and all the Patriarchs said (Heb. 11.) We have here no continuing City; neither City nor Citizens have long continuance here. The Apostle (1 Cor. 7.31.) speaks to the Saints, and bids them take their hearts off from the world, and not to drench or steep their spirits in things here below; why? The fashion of this world passeth away, the fashion of the world in your hands; if you have the world in your hands, the fashion of it will perish there, as soon as in the hands of other men. Do not think that the world is put into an abiding state, or into an unalterable fashion for your sakes. A godly man and a wicked man (though made of the most different fashion) live in a world, and possess worldly things of the same fashion.1
My daies (saith Job) my comfortable daies are passed away, Every man at his best estate is altogether vanity Psal. 39.5. It is not only a wicked man, whose outward estate is vain, but every mans; Davids crown and scepter were fading, vanishing flowers. Abraham and all the Patriarchs said (Heb. 11.) We have here no continuing City; neither City nor Citizens have long continuance here. The Apostle (1 Cor. 7.31.) speaks to the Saints, and bids them take their hearts off from the world, and not to drench or steep their spirits in things here below; why? The fashion of this world passeth away, the fashion of the world in your hands; if you have the world in your hands, the fashion of it will perish there, assoon as in the hands of other men. Doe not thinke that the world is put into an abiding state, or into an unalterable fashion for your sakes. A godly man and a wicked man (though made of the most different fashion) live in a world, and possesse worldly things of the same fashion.