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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.
Secondly, Observe, A godly man may be much oppressed with the fear of afflictions.
Secondly, Observe, A godly man may be much opprest with the fear of afflictions.
When I would comfort my self, I am afraid of all my sorrows: It is terrible to me to think that they still increase upon me, and that whilst I hope to escape, I am more ensnared. Christ himself, when he was in our nature, and clothed with our flesh, was afraid of all his sorrows: he was a man of sorrows, and he was afraid of his sorrows too, Matth. 26.38. He said, My soul is exceeding sorrowful even unto death; and he offered up prayers and supplications with strong cries and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared (Heb. 5.) His were extraordinary sorrows indeed, such as no creature ever felt or tasted. The ⟨p. 355⟩Cup of sorrow which he drank was mixed and tempered with all our sorrows, and with the cause of them, our sins. This was it he feared, being in our nature; though as that nature was hypostatically united unto the divine nature, it had infinitely more power to bear all those sorrows, then we have in our nature to bear the least sorrow. Now, if Christ himself in our flesh was afraid of his sorrows, which yet he knew he should overcome, how much more may the fear of sorrows overcome us, while we are in the flesh?
When I would comfort my self, I am afraid of all my sorrows: It is terrible to me to think that they still encrease upon me, and that whilest I hope to escape, I am more ensnared. Christ himself, when he was in our nature, and clothed with our flesh, was afraid of all his sorrows: he was a man of sorrows, and he was afraid of his sorrows too, Matth. 26.38. He said, My soul is exceeding sorrowfull even unto death; and he offered up praiers and supplications with strong cries and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared (