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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
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.
Some company is a burden.
Some company is a burthen.
We say of many men, We had rather have their room then their company. Man loves company, but 'tis the company of those he loves. The comfort of our lives depends much upon society, but more upon the suitableness of society: It is better to dwell in the corner of a house top, then with a brawling Woman in ⟨p. 254⟩a wide house (Prov. 21.9.) And it is better to be in a Desert among wild Beasts, then in a populous City among beastly men. This made the Prophet desire a lodging in the Wilderness (Jer. 9.2.) The Country about Sodom was pleasant, like the Garden of God, yet how was the righteous soul of Lot vexed with the filthy and unrighteous conversation of the Sodomites? How uneasy are our lives made to us by dwelling among either false Friends or open Enemies?
We say of many men, Wee had rather have their roome then their company. Man loves company, but 'tis the company of those he loves. The comfort of our lives depends much upon society, but more upon the suitablenesse of society: It is better to dwell in the corner of a house top, then with a brawling Woman in ⟨p. 254⟩a wide house (Prov. 21.9.) And it is better to be in a Desert among wilde Beasts, then in a populous City among beastly men. This made the Prophet desire a lodging in the Wildernesse (Jer. 9.2.) The Countrey about Sodome was pleasant, like the Garden of God, yet how was the righteous soule of Lot vexed with the filthy and unrighteous conversation of the Sodomites? How uneasie are our lives made to us by dwelling among either false Freinds or open Enemies?