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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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A good man doth not wish ill to those who have rewarded him with evil upon any other terms, then a discovery of his own goodness. 'Tis sin to wish that they who are in a comfortable condition, might fall into our misery, though they have been miserable comforters to us in our misery. We may not (in this case) wish pain or sorrow to any sort of men, except upon one of these two considerations.
A good man doth not wish ill to those who have rewarded him with evill upon any other termes, then a discovery of his owne goodnesse. 'Tis sin to wish that they who are in a comfortable condition, might fall into our misery, though they have been miserable comforters to us in our misery. We may not (in this case) wish paine or sorrow to any sort of men, except upon one of these two considerations.
First, That we may give them an experiment of our tenderness towards them, in doing them all the good we can in their affliction.
First, That vve may give them an experiment of our tendernesse towards them, in doing them all the good vve can in their affliction.
Or secondly, That God may give an experiment of his graciousness towards them, in doing them good by their afflictions.
Or secondly, That God may give an experiment of his graciousnesse towards them, in doing them good by their afflictions.