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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 13
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To turn the spirit against God is the very spirit of ungodliness; there is no greater wickedness then this. A godly man may do an act which is against God, but his spirit cannot act against God; that's the character of the wicked. A godly man delights in the Law of God according to the inward man, whilst the outward man sins against the Law of God; an ungodly man turns his inward man against the Law of God, while his outward man pretends obedience to it; and as it is an act of highest disobedience, so of the proudest pride to turn the spirit against God. The Vulgar Latin translates it well, Why doth thy spirit swell against God, Thou hast an impostumation in thy spirit against God; yea it is not only an act of the proudest ⟨p. 52⟩pride, but of the maddest madness to turn the spirit against God;1 so the Septuagint gives it, Thou hast caused thy fury or thy madness to break forth before God; he that acts against God is a mad man indeed, Will ye provoke the Lord, are you stronger then he? is the Apostles chiding question to such mad men: are you so mad after your lusts, hath sin made you so foolish, Have you lost both grace and reason at once? that you dare thus provoke the Lord, and challenge the Almighty? God resists the proud, and the proud assault him; Grace turns the spirit to God, repentance is the return of our spirits to God; then what is the turning of our spirits against God, but a clear demonstration of a totally impenitent and graceless Spirit?
To turne the spirit against God is the very spirit of ungodlinesse; there is no greater wickednesse then this. A godly man may doe an act which is against God, but his spirit cannot act against God; thats the character of the wicked. A godly man delights in the Law of God according to the inward man, whilst the outward man sins against the Law of God; an ungodly man turnes his inward man against the Law of God, while his outward man pretends obedience to it; and as it is an act of highest disobedience, so of the proudest pride to turne the spirit against God. The Vulgar Latine translates it well, Why doth thy spirit swell against God, Thou hast an impostumation in thy spirit against God; yea it is not onely an act of the proudest ⟨p. 52⟩pride, but of the maddest madnesse to turne the spirit against God;