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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, That as joy is the portion of the people of God, so in good time they shall receive their portion.
He will not cast off a perfect man, till he fill his mouth with joy, and his lips with rejoicing. Joy is their due, and joy they shall have. Hereafter they shall have their Masters joy, Enter into your Masters joy, will Christ say at last. Now they shall have such a joy as befits them, whilst they are in their Masters service. And as rejoicing is the portion, so the proper portion, the peculiar of godly ⟨p. 136⟩men. Though laughing, as it is a natural act, is common to all men, yet in the sense we speak of, laughter is appropriated unto godly and perfect men: They only can laugh indeed who have mourned indeed. 1A wicked man doth but feign a laugh. He laughs to thee and to me, but he doth not laugh to himself: He hath no true laughter, while he laughs. His laughter is madness, and proceeds from his ignorance, not from his reason. Besides other marks of difference which shall be put between the servants of God and their enemies, this is one, My servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed (Isa. 65.13.) This joy arises two ways.
He will not cast off a perfect man, till he fill his mouth with joy, and his lips with rejoycing. Joy is their due, and joy they shall have. Hereafter they shall have their Masters joy, Enter into your Masters joy, will Christ say at last. Now they shall have such a joy as befits them, whilest they are in their Masters service. And as rejoycing is the portion, so the proper portion, the peculiar of godly ⟨p. 136⟩men. Though laughing, as it is a naturall act, is common to all men, yet in the sense we speak of, laughter is appropriated unto godly and perfect men: They only can laugh indeed who have mourned indeed.