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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 15 › Verse 11
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First, That consolation is the gift, and proper work of God. Thou (saith David, Psal. 71.21.) shalt increase my greatness and comfort me on every side: The Lord shall comfort Zion, he will comfort all he wast places (Is. 51.3.) And again, As one whom his Mother comforteth, so will I comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. God comforts as a Mother, tenderly, and he comforts as a Father, yea as a Master, effectually, I will comfort you, and ye shall be comforted. As the corrections of God are effectual, and prosper in the work for which they are sent, so also are his consolations. Ephraim said (Jer. 31.18.) Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised. So every soul, whom God comforts, shall say, Thou hast comforted me, and I was comforted. This the Apostle speaks out to the praise of God (2 Cor. 1.3, 4.) Blessed be God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of mercies, and the God of all consolations; all consolation belongs to God; he hath all comfort in his own power, and dispose; there is not any creature in the World can give out the least dram of comfort to us without the commission or leave of God; it is possible for one man to give another man riches, but he cannot give him comfort; man may ⟨p. 35⟩give honour to man, but he cannot give him comfort. A man may have a pleasant dwelling, a loving Wife, sweet Children, and yet none of these a comfort to him.
First, That consolation is the gift, and proper worke of God. Thou (saith David, Psal. 71.21.) shalt encrease my greatnesse and comfort me on every side: The Lord shall comfort Sion, he will comfort all he wast places (Is. 51.3.) And againe, As one whom his Mother comforteth, so will I comfort you, and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem. God comforts as a Mother, tenderly, and he comforts as a Father, yea as a Master, effectually, I will comfort you, and yee shall be comforted. As the corrections of God are effectuall, and prosper in the worke for which they are sent, so also are his consolations. Ephraim sayd (