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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 12
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Secondly, the heart often carrieth us beyond the bounds of reason; When passion works much, reason works not at all.
Secondly, the heart often carryeth us beyond the bounds of reason; When passion workes much, reason workes not at all.
Thirdly, it may carry us beyond the bounds of honesty, yea of modesty: 'Tis very dangerous to commit our selves to the conduct of passion; that (unless kept under good command) will soon run us beyond the line both of Modesty and of Honesty, of Reason, and of Grace. He that is carried away thus far must make a long journey of repentance, before he can return and come back, either to God or to himself. Some have been carried visibly away by the Devil, by an evil spirit without them (if God give commission or permission, the Devil can easily do it) very many are carried away by the evil spirit within them. An evil heart is as bad as the Devil; the evil spirit without, and the evil spirit within, carry us both the same way, and that is quite out of the way.
Thirdly, it may carry us beyond the bounds of honesty, yea of modesty: 'Tis very dangerous to commit our selves to the conduct of passion; that (unlesse kept under good command) will soone run us beyond the line both of Modesty and of Honesty, of Reason, and of Grace. He that is carryed away thus farre must make a long journey of repentance, before he can return and come back, either to God or to himselfe. Some have been carryed visibly away by the Devil, by an evill spirit without them (if God give commission or permission, the Devill can easily doe it) very many are carryed away by the evill spirit within them. An evill heart is as bad as the Devill; the evill spirit without, and the evill spirit within, carry us both the same way, and that is quite out of the way.