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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.
Shame is the fruit of sin. When there was no sin in the world, there was no shame in the world, The man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. Innocency knew no shame, and glory shall know none. It is good to be ashamed when we have done evil, but it is best to do no evil, whereof to be ashamed. Shame is a perturbation or trouble of mind, expressed outwardly by holding down the head, or by blushing in the face. And it ariseth three ways.
Shame is the fruit of sinne. When there was no sinne in the world, there was no shame in the world, The man and his wife were both naked, and were not ashamed. Innocency knew no shame, and glory shall know none. It is good to be ashamed when we have done evil, but it is best to doe no evil, whereof to be ashamed. Shame is a perturbation or trouble of minde, expressed outwardly by holding down the head, or by blushing in the face. And it ariseth three waies.
1. From doing somewhat against common light: though every act of evil hath matter of shame in it, yet a man is not naturally ashamed of it, unless it be done against the light of nature. Not to be ashamed of such sins, is to put out the light of nature. Such men are grown down into beasts. The impudence of Jerusalem is set forth in sinning against the light of Scripture without blushing, Isa. 3.9. Were they at all ashamed? Some are so modest, that they are ashamed to hear of, much more to be praised for the good which they have done: Others are so impudent, that they are not ashamed to hear of, no, nor to be reproved for, the evil which they ⟨p. 139⟩have done, Were they at all ashamed? As if he had said, what a boldness or impudence is this people come to, they are not ashamed of those things, which are clearly forbidden in the Word. A good man is ashamed of any thing he hath done against the light of Scripture. Every man is ashamed of what he doth against the light of nature.