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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.
Further, Sight is put for judgement, and seeing for judging. Judging is an act beyond knowing. Judgement is the result of knowledge. So, Thou dost not see, is, Thou dost not judge as man judgeth.
1. Mans judgement is often hindered by his affections.1 His judgement is hindered by divers affections, especially by love, and the nearness of relations; man can hardly see a fault and a friend, a sin and a son together. Love makes knowledge as ignorance, and light as darkness. Christian charity covers a multitude of sins from private revenge, and harsh censures; But humane charity cover• a multitude of sins from public justice, and wholesome admonitions. The former keeps from rigid severity, this endangers to cockering flattery. It is not thus with God, He seeth not as man seeth. They who have the greatest interest, the nearest relation to God, are seen what they are, and shall be ⟨p. 456⟩judged as they are. God hath (indeed) an infinite largeness of affection to poor sinners, and the lap of his garment of love covers every day a multitude, yea many multitudes of sins. But he doth not this, because his love to the persons offending hinders his eye from seeing, but because his Son having satisfied his justice for the persons offending, he turns away his eye from seeing their sins. God proclaims himself at once, The God pardoning iniquity, transgression and sin, and that will by no means acquit the guilty (Exod. 34.7.) There is nothing but the Name of his Son, and of his Son suffering, which turns his eye from sin. He will espy, and punish, or espy to punish all our faults through all other titles and interests whatsoever.
1. Mans judgement is often hindered by his affections.1