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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.
That our spiritual stock and treasure are in danger, and would decay, if the power and care of God did not preserve our spirits.
That our spirituall stook and treasure are in danger, and would decay, if the power and care of God did not preserve our spirits.
Grace cannot keep it self, if left to its self. We should loose, not only degrees of grace, but all grace, were it left in our own ⟨p. 531⟩hands. But because it is grace, therefore it is not left in our own hands, and because grace is not left in our own hands, therefore it cannot be lost. So the Apostle clearly (1 Pet. 1.4.) We are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. The word signifies to keep, as a City beleaguered without by a strong enemy, is kept by a Garrison within. Man at the first had an excellent estate in spirituals; though it cannot be said (properly) that he had grace (for that is in the hand of a Mediator) yet he had the image of God, and perfect innocency, but because God did not visit his spirit by fresh assistances, he was stripped of all, and fell from the throne of his created glory. As God visits our souls by preventing grace, to give us what we had not: so he visits us by his preserving and persevering grace, to continue what he hath given.
Grace cannot keep it self, if left to its self. We should loose, not only degrees of grace, but all grace, were it left in our own ⟨p. 531⟩hands. But because it is grace, therefore it is not left in our own hands, and because grace is not left in our own hands, therefore it cannot be lost. So the Apostle clearly (1 Pet. 1.4.) We are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation. The word signifies to keep, as a City beleaguered without by a strong enemy, is kept by a Garison within. Man at the first had an excellent estate in spirituals; though it cannot be said (properly) that he had grace (for that is in the hand of a Mediator) yet he had the image of God, and perfect innocency, but because God did not visit his spirit by fresh assistances, he was stript of all, and fell from the throne of his created glory. As God visits our souls by preventing grace, to give us what we had not: so he visits us by his preserving and persevering grace, to continue what he hath given.