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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.
Secondly, He delivers or gives them up, first, to Satan: And secondly, to their own counsels, to a reprobate mind and vile affections, Psal. 81.12. Rom. 1.24, 26. This tradition is an act beyond desertion; there is a greater spiritual judgement in it, when God makes a mans own wickedness active against him, then when he doth not make his Spirit or grace active in him. It were better to be put into the hands of all the tyrants in the world, yea, better be put into the hands of the devil, then into the hands of our own lusts and passions. God doth not give a reprobate mind or vile affections, but he gives up to them.
Secondly, He delivers or gives them up, first, to Satan: And secondly, to their own counsels, to a reprobate minde and vile affections, Psal. 81.12. Rom. 1.24, 26. This tradition is an act beyond desertion; there is a greater spirituall judgement in it, when God makes a mans own wickednesse active against him, then when he doth not make his Spirit or grace active in him. It were better to be put into the hands of all the tyrants in the world, yea, better be put into the hands of the devil, then into the hands of our own lusts and passions. God doth not give a reprobate minde or vile affections, but he gives up to them.
Thirdly, Evil doers in their doing evil are ordered by God. Wicked men (in every sinful act) run beyond the line of obedience, but they cannot run beyond the line of providence. God limits and circumscribes the acts of wicked men, for otherwise every wicked man would be a monster, a none-such in wickedness, if he could; every one would be a Cain, an Ahab, a Nero, a Cal• gula, &c. The sinfulness of men would be, not only out of measure sinful intensive, in regard of the quality of it, but out of measure sinful extensive, in regard of the quantity of it, it would break all bounds, carry all down before it, did not the Lord order and direct the disorders and confusions of it. There is a sea of wickedness in the heart of a wicked man, which is as boisterous and unruly as the natural sea, and if the Lord did not set bounds to that sea of wickedness, and say, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, it would overwhelm all. Thus far also God hath to do in the