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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 11
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Thirdly, Note.
It is an aggravation of affliction to be given up to wicked men.
It is an affliction to be in their company, what is it then to be under their power? Woe is me, saith David, 1that I dwell in Meshec, how woeful then is it to be a Prisoner in Meshec? While God keeps the Rod in his own hands, the smart is not so grievous: We learn this in Davids choice (2 Sam. 24.14.) when three evils were offered him, he resolves, Let me fall now into the hand of the Lord (for his mercies are great) and let me not fall into the hand of man. A good man can easier dye by the hand of God, then receive a slight wound by the hand of an Enemy: As those comforts are sweeter, so those sufferings are not so bitter which Believers receive immediately from God.
It is an affliction to be in their company, what is it then to be under their power? Woe is me, saith David, 1that I dwell in Meshec, how wofull then is it to be a Prisoner in Meshec? While God keeps the Rod in his owne hands, the smart is not so greivous: We learne this in Davids choise (2 Sam. 24.14.) when three evils were offered him, he resolves, Let me fall now into the hand of the Lord (for his mercies are great) and let me not fall into the hand of man. A good man can easier dye by the hand of God, then receive a slight wound by the hand of an Enemy: As those comforts are sweeter, so those sufferings are not so bitter which Beleevers receive immediately from God.