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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.
1. Because the profession, and all the works of an hypocrite are very weak and unstable, as the spiders web is. There is a kind of curiosity in them, but there is no strength or stability in them. The spider works very curiously, but her house will not bear any stress of weather, much less force of battery. The spiders web is no match for a broom or a whisk. Thus it is with the profession, the trust of hypocrites; you may see a neat spinning, a fine thread of profession, accurate weavings and contrivances, but when it comes to a push, it is not able to stand; if you do but touch it, 'tis gone. Some will stand out longer then others, yet all fall, as Christ assures us (Mat. 7. ult.) it is the hypocrite who buildeth his house upon the sand; to have a house built upon the sand, is no better then to have a house built in the ceiling; when the storm comes that house falls; and when the broom comes, this must down.
1. Because the profession, and all the works of an hypocrite are very weak and unstable, as the spiders web is. There is a kinde of curiosity in them, but there is no strength or stability in them. The spider works very curiously, but her house will not bear any stresse of weather, much lesse force of battery. The spiders web is no match for a broom or a whisk. Thus it is with the profession, the trust of hypocrites; you may see a neat spinning, a fine threed of profession, accurate weavings and contrivances, but when it comes to a push, it is not able to stand; if you doe but touch it, 'tis gone. Some will stand out longer then others, yet all fall, as Christ assures us (Mat. 7. ult.) it is the hypocrite who buildeth his house upon the sand; to have a house built upon the sand, is no better then to have a house built in the cicling; when the storm comes that house fals; and when the broom comes, this must down.
2. The trust of an hypocrite is called a spiders web, because he ⟨p. 91⟩