A35439:1784
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 which defiles the outward man, may be cleansing to the inward: And the abominable clothing of the body, may be a means to put the soul into the most handsome dress.
That which defiles the outward man, may be cleansing to the inward: And the abominable clothing of the body, may be a means to put the soul into the most handsome dresse.
Secondly, Observe, That
After purgings and cleansings, the Lord often goes on with further chastenings.
Though I wash my self, &c. yet thou wilt cast me in the ditch, and mine own clothes will abhor me. Yea, our purgings and cleansings are sometimes so far from causing God to take off our afflictions, that they do but fit us for more affliction: For the Lord will not trust an impure spirit, or an heart defiled under many corruptions, under great afflictions. He therefore cleanses many, and makes them more holy, that they may be more fit to bear afflictions. No certain argument can be grounded upon this, that a man shall come out of affliction, because he is cleansed, for God chooses (in some cases) to afflict such most,