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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.
Thirdly, Taking, before the Sun, to note the extreme heat of the Sun, we may observe thus much from it,
Thirdly, Taking, before the Sunne, to note the extreme heat of the Sun, we may observe thus much from it,
That an hypocrite may endure trouble and persecution for his profession.
He is not like the rush which presently withereth, but he is sometimes like a tree that standeth it out before the Sun a great while. We know that many have not only performed outward acts of holiness, but they have sometimes suffered in a holy cause; they can be passive in obedience, as well as active, and yet have fallen away at the last. Before the Sun of prosperity the hypocrite will continue green very long; and before the Sun of persecution he may continue green a while. It is conceived by most that Alexander the Coppersmith, spoken of by Paul (2 Tim. 4.14.) as a man very grievous to him, Alexander the Coppersmith did me much evil, He opposed the Apostle, yet, I say, this Alexander is conceived to be the man of whom we read (Act. 19.32.) that stood to Paul, when he was in that danger at Ephesus; there he had like to have lost his life for appearing on his side, the text saith, They dragged him out of the multitude to the market place. It is possible for an hypocrite to be green before the Sun of persecution, at least before some scorching beams of that Sun, though he is not able to bear it, when it comes to the utmost trial, to the extreme heat of the day.
He is not like the rush which presently withereth, but he is sometimes like a tree that standeth it out before the Sunne a great while. We know that many have not only performed outward acts of holinesse, but they have sometimes suffered in a holy cause; they can be passive in obedience, as well as active, and yet have fallen away at the last. Before the Sun of prosperity the hypocrite will continue green very long; and before the Sunne of persecution he may continue green a while. It is conceived by most that Alexander the Coppersmith, spoken of by Paul (