A35439:1978
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.
The word which we translate [weary] varies the understanding of this sentence. It signifies properly to be weakened, 1as also to be melted or molten with heat; because a man that is extremely heated or melted by heat, is weakened, his spirits and strength being drawn forth and dissipated. But it is most commonly applied to that weariness which arises from the displeasedness or irksomeness of our minds. All burdens upon the body are light, compared with those which reach the soul. Three things weary and load the soul.
The word which we translate [weary] varies the understanding of this sentence. It signifies properly to be weakned, 1as also to be melted or molten with heat; because a man that is extremely heated or melted by heat, is weakned, his spirits and strength being drawn forth and dissipated. But it is most commonly applied to that wearinesse which arises from the displeasednesse or irksomnesse of our mindes. All burdens upon the body are light, compared with those which reach the soul. Three things weary and load the soul.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] Debilitatus, languefactus per metapheram taeedio affectus, offensus fuit.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Debilitatus, languefactus per metapheram taeedio affectus, offensus fuit.
First, The filth and guilt of our own sins. I will sprinkle you (saith the Lord, Ezek. 36.31.) with clean water, &c. What's the effect of this? It follows, Then shall you remember your own evil ways, and loath or be weary of your selves (it is this word) because of all your abominations. As if the Lord had said, before I change your hearts, ye sin, and are not wear•• of your sins, nay, ye make a sport of, and dally with them: But when I shall work that great change upon your hearts, your opinion and apprehensions of sin will change too: nothing will be so bitter or burdensome, so unpleasant or wearisome to your souls as sin. Fools make a mock of sin; they who are truly wise, mourn and groan under the sense and weight of it.