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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 7
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Some afflictions do not only afflict, but unsettle the mind.
Some afflictions doe not onely afflict, but unsettle the minde.
They unsettle not only the comforts, but the powers and faculties of it: a man under some afflictions can scarce speak sense while he acts faith, or do rationally while he lives graciously.
They unsettle not onely the comforts, but the powers and faculties of it: a man under some afflictions can scarse speak sense vvhile he acts faith, or doe rationally while hee lives graciously.
A soul that hath grace, yea much grace, may appear much scanted in the use of reason: As oppression (from men) makes a wise man mad (Eccles. 7.7.) And the more wise a man is, the more mad it makes him: Fools can bear oppression, and not be troubled much, because they do not understand what justice and right means; and that's the reason why in those parts of the World where Tyrants reign, they love to keep the people ignorant, poor, and low, for such are not much sensible of their oppressions; but oppression is very grievous to an ingenious, wise, and understanding man, and therefore 'tis said to make him mad: The purest intellectuals have the quickest sense of injuries. Thus also some afflictions from the hand of God may (in a degree) make a godly wise man mad, and put him for a present plunge beyond the command of his understanding. It is the confession of holy David (Psal. 73.22.) I was even as a beast before thee, so foolish was I and ignorant: If David a godly man acted below reason, when he saw the prosperity of the wicked; how much more may a godly man act below reason, under the