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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.
Cease then from doubting what I have promised, as I would have you cease from doing what I have forbidden, Your unbelief that I vvill not pardon your sin, dishonours me as much as your disobedience did in committing sin. Till we believe God is holy above us, we fear not to sin; and till we believe God is merciful above us, we cannot believe he will pardon our sin.
Cease then from doubting vvhat I have promised, as I vvould have you cease from doing vvhat I have forbidden, Your unbelief that I vvill not pardon your sin, dishonours me as much as your disobedience did in committing sinne. Till vve believe God is holy above us, vve fear not to sinne; and till vve believe God is mercifull above us, we cannot believe he will pardon our sin.
Thus we see how the lifting up of our selves in our thoughts to an equality, or to some similitude with God, or the drawing down of God to an equality, or some similitude with our selves, is the ground and cause of all our unequal carriage towards God, of our boldness in sinning, of our boldness in pleading with, and complaining against him, of our extreme unbelief in the point of deliverance from troubles, or of the pardon of our sins. Secondly, Observe,
Thus we see how the lifting up of our selves in our thoughts to an equality, or to some similitude vvith God, or the drawing down of God to an equality, or some similitude vvith our selves, is the ground and cause of all our unequall carriage towards God, of our boldnesse in sinning, of our boldnesse in pleading with, and complaining against him, of our extreme unbelief in the point of deliverance from troubles, or of the pardon of our sins. Secondly, Observe,
There is no comparison between God and man.