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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 4
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The sufferings of the soul hold out the sufferings of the whole man, upon a twofold consideration.
The sufferings of the soule hold out the sufferings of the vvhole man, upon a twofold consideration.
First, Because the soul is the principal part of man. When that which is chief suffers, all may be said to suffer.
First, Because the soule is the principall part of man. When that vvhich is cheife suffers, all may be sayd to suffer.
Secondly, Because afflictions which lye upon the soul, are most afflictive: The sensitive power of the body, is called ⟨p. 228⟩the soul, and we are most sensible of those afflictions which fall immediately upon the rational soul. That man forgets the sorrows of his body, whose soul is sorrowful. The more inward any suffering is, the more grievous it is.
Secondly, Because afflictions vvhich lye upon the soule, are most afflictive: The sensitive power of the body, is called ⟨p. 228⟩the soule, and vve are most sensible of those afflictions vvhich fall immediately upon the rationall soule. That man forgets the sorrowes of his body, whose soule is sorrowfull. The more inward any suffering is, the more greivous it is.