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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
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AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 16 › Verse 3
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So David complains (Psal. 120.5, 7.) Woe is me that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the Tents of Kedar; that is, With the Sons or descendants of Ishmael, who have learned of their Father to mock and persecute; I dwell in the Tents of Kedar: But what caused them to mock and persecute? Was it any provocation that David had given them? No, for he saith in the next words, I am for peace (I would live quietly with all my heart) but when I speak, they are for War. A motion for Peace, becomes a provocation to War? It is sinful to speak rashly, or harshly, though we are provoked; what is it then to speak so when we are not provoked? They angered Moses at the waters of strife, they provoked his spirit; yet it went ill with Moses for their sakes, when he spake unadvisedly with his lips (Psal. 106.32, 33.) But what was this unadvised speech. Moses reports his own infirmity (Numb. 20.10, 11.) ⟨p. 225⟩And Moses and Aaron gathered the Congregation together before the rock; and he said unto them, Hear now ye Rebels, must we fetch you water out of this Rock? And Moses lift up his hand, and with his Rod he smote the Rock twice, &c. The error of Moses in this business was twofold.
So David complaines (Psal. 120.5, 7.) Woe is mee that I sojourne in Mesech, that I dwell in the Tents of Kedar; that is, With the Sons or descendants of Ishmael, who have learned of their Father to mock and persecute; I dwell in the Tents of Kedar: But what caused them to mock and persecute? Was it any provocation that David had given them? No, for he saith in the next words, I am for peace (I would live quietly with all my heart) but when I speake, they are for Warr. A motion for Peace, becomes a provocation to Warr? It is sinfull to speake rashly, or harshly, though we are provoked; what is it then to speake so when we are not provoked? They angred Moses at the waters of strife, they provoked his spirit; yet it went ill with Moses for their sakes, when he spake unadvisedly with his lips (