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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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Thirdly, Observe:
To account the consolations of God small, is a very great sin: Moses rebukes rebellious Korah and his confederates, for undervaluing the privilege which they (as Levites) had to be near God in holy Services (Numb. 16.9.) Seemeth it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel, hath separated you from the Congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself to do the service of the Tabernacle? &c. If it were their sin to count it a small thing to be called near to God in holy administrations, how great a sin is it in any man to count it a small thing, that God draws near to him with heavenly consolations? Though the consolations of God to us be small comparatively to what some others have, yet we must not account any consolation of God small; and that upon two grounds:
To account the consolations of God small, is a very great sinne: Moses rebukes rebellious Korah and his confederates, for undervaluing the priviledge which they (as Levites) had to be neer God in holy Services (Numb. 16.9.) Seemeth it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel, hath separated you from the Congregation of Israel, to bring you neere to himselfe to doe the service of the Tabernacle? &c. If it were their sin to count it a small thing to be called neer to God in holy administrations, how great a sin is it in any man to count it a small thing, that God draws neer to him with heavenly consolations? Though the consolations of God to us be small comparatively to what some others have, yet we must not account any consolation of God small; and that upon two grounds:
First, because of our own unworthiness; the least consolations are great, considering how little we are, as Jacob speaks, (