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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.
First thus, taking the former for inconstancy or folly, his folly shall displease him, or, His folly shall not please him: So the Vulgar, Hypocrites never please God, and at last they shall not please themselves. The ways and works of hypocrites are ever displeasing to God, and they shall at last be displeasing to themselves. That's the sense of their translation.
First thus, taking the former for inconstancy or folly, his folly shall displease him, or, His folly shall not please him: So the Vulgar, Hypocrites never please God, and at last they shall not please themselves. The waies and works of hypocrites are ever displeasing to God, and they shall at last be displeasing to themselves. Thats the sense of their translation.
And not only shall the ways of an hypocrite be displeasing, but they shall be a loathing, an abhorring to him: the Lord loathes him now, The prayer of the wicked is an abomination, and he shall loath himself hereafter.1 There is a double loathing. There is, a loathing of repentance. And there is, a loathing of despair. The former (though it be unpleasant, yet it) is an happy loathing of our selves. Such loathing of our selves is pleasing to God in the act, and will be pleasant to us in the fruit (Ezek. 6.9.) They shall loath themselves for the evils they have committed. And again, Ezek. 16.47. and 20.43. the word is taken for this loathing of repentance. But the hypocrite shall have another kind of loathing. What? a loathing of despair, seeing himself utterly lost, and his hopes quite cut off, he shall be an abhorring to himself.
And not only shall the waies of an hypocrite be displeasing, but they shall be a loathing, an abhorring to him: the Lord loaths him now, The prayer of the wicked is an abomination, and he shall loath himself hereafter.