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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the sum of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus near the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth chapters of the book of Job being the summe of twenty three lectures delivered at Magnus neer the bridge, London / by Joseph Caryl.
London: printed by Matthew Simmons, 1650
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 15 › Verse 35
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.
Lastly, Mark how Eliphaz describes the wicked man in his actions, He conceiveth mischief, and brings forth vanity: And yet again, he is preparing deceit.
Lastly, Mark how Eliphaz describes the wicked man in his actions, He conceiveth mischeife, and brings forth vanity: And yet againe, he is preparing deceit.
Note from it.
An evil heart is never discouraged by any disappointments from going on in evil.
An evill heart is never discouraged by any disappointments from going on in evill.
One would have thought, after he had conceived mischief, and brought forth nothing but vanity, that we should have heard no more of him; that he would now sit down and be quiet, but his belly prepareth deceit presently, he will to it again, he will try once more; if he fail in one plot, he hopes to thrive in another; he will sow his seed of sin in the morning, and in the evening he will not withhold his hand, and though he see neither of them prosper, yea though he see both of them blasted, yet he will to his sowing again. As a gracious heart receives many disappointments and discouragements, but saith he, I will not give over, My belly shall prepare still, holy, and just, and righteous things; and the more he is disappointed the more holily he acts. So doth a wicked man more sinfully; for he acts as strongly and naturally in his state, as a godly man doth in his; and therefore he will not be put off by disappointments. He saith in the words of Solomon (