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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.
Despairing is the cutting off of hope, and such is the condition of an hypocrite. To have hope cut off, is the greatest cut in the world. Will the hypocrite pray always? No, at last his prayer shall be cut off; Will the hypocrite hope always? No, at last his hope shall be cut off. The Saints in heaven have (in a sense) their hope cut off, because they are above hope: and at last all wicked mens hope shall be cut off, because they are below hope. It is better to have all our possessions cut off, then our hopes. Better have the thread of our lives cut off, then the Anchor-cord of our hope cut off, and so we left to the rage and tempest of despair.
Despairing is the cutting off of hope, and such is the condition of an hypocrite. To have hope cut off, is the greatest cut in the world. Will the hypocrite pray alwaies? No, at last his prayer shall be cut off; Will the hypocrite hope alwaies? No, at last his hope shall be cut off. The Saints in heaven have (in a sense) their hope cut off, because they are above hope: and at last all wicked mens hope shall be cut off, because they are below hope. It is better to have all our possessions cut off, then our hopes. Better have the threed of our lives cut off, then the Anchor-cord of our hope cut off, and so we left to the rage and tempest of despair.
Again, join it with the object of hope, thus,
Again, joyn it with the object of hope, thus,
All that an hypocrite hopeth for or expects, shall be utterly taken away, and cut off from him.