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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.
Only take this from it, How shall man be just with God? With God; that is, looking upon, or comparing himself unto God; as if he had said, It will take down all the proud and high thoughts of man, in regard of his own justice and righteousness, if he will but cast his eye upon God, and duly consider how just and righteous God is. Hence observe,
Onely take this from it, How shall man be just with God? With God; that is, looking upon, or comparing himself unto God; as if he had said, It will take down all the proud and high thoughts of man, in regard of his own justice and righteousnesse, if he will but cast his eye upon God, and duly consider how just and righteous God is. Hence observe,
The way for us to humble our selves for our own sinfulness, is to look up and to consider the purity and holiness of God.
The way for us to humble our selves for our own sinfulnesse, is to look up and to consider the purity and holinesse of God.
If we set our selves before him, we shall see how vile and corrupt we are. His fullness will convince us abundantly of our emptiness, his purity will show us our spots, and his all-sufficiency our nothingness. If we bring a course piece of cloth before a fine, we shall see what course stuff it is: if we lay a better in any kind by a worse, the worse will appear worser then before. For the most part we who are course stuff our selves, compare our selves with those who are as course as our selves. While some men compare ⟨p. 149⟩themselves with men, they begin to think they are like God himself. A man looking upon his neighbour is just before him, or sees him no better then himself, of no purer thread, of no better die in his life then he; I have faults, and so have others; I have failings, and so have my neighbours; if you charge me with my sinnings, who is it that is without sin? As our usual phrase is, If the best mans faults were written in his fore-head it would make him pull his ha over his eyes. Thus usually men compare themselves with men: but if they would look up to God, O how would the thoughts of their hearts fall, and be abased before him. The Pharisee could pride himself in his comparisons with men (