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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.
First, That even a godly man in deep afflictions may have misgiving thoughts of God.
The soul misgives sometimes about the pardon of sin, and is even swallowed up with despair, concluding, I know God will ⟨p. 357⟩not hold me innocent; he will not be reconciled unto me, or blot out my transgression.
The soul misgives sometimes about the pardon of sinne, and is even swallowed up with despair, concluding, I know God will ⟨p. 357⟩not hold me innocent; he will not be reconciled unto me, or blot out my transgression.
But especially (which is rather the mind of Job) the soul misgives about release from punishment. Some being hampered in the bands of affliction, conclude, God will never let them loose, or set them at liberty again. Such a conclusion Davids unbelief made against himself, I shall one day perish by the hand of Saul (1 Sam. 27.1.) When Jonah was cast into the deep, in the midst of the seas, when the floods compassed him, and all the billows and waves passed over him, then he said (Chap. 2.4.) I am cast out of the sight of thine eyes. Indeed Jonah began to recover quickly, his next words being a breath of faith, Yet I will look again toward thy holy Temple.
But especially (which is rather the minde of Job) the soul misgives about release from punishment. Some being hamper'd in the bands of affliction, conclude, God will never let them loose, or set them at liberty again. Such a conclusion Davids unbelief made against himself, I shall one day perish by the hand of Saul (