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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 16
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This expression of mans sinfulness is further considerable, he doth not only commit iniquity, but he drinks iniquity, and he doth not sip at it, but he drinks it like water. Elihu speaks thus (Job 34.7.) What man is like Job who drinketh up scorning like water; and so doth Solomon (Prov. 26.6.) He that sends a message by the hand of a fool, cutteth off the feet, and drinketh damage; that is, he shall have damage enough, a full draught of it, his belly-full of it, by sending such an empty-headed messenger upon his errand. So to drink iniquity, and to drink it like water, is to do abundance of iniquity. I shall give seven observations, which will discover the intendment of this manner of speaking, and draw out the meaning of He drinks iniquity like water.
This expression of mans sinfulnesse is further considerable, he doth not onely commit iniquity, but hee drinkes iniquity, and he doth not sip at it, but hee drinkes it like water. Elihu speaks thus (Job 34.7.) What man is like Job who drinketh up scorning like water; and so doth Solomon (Prov. 26.6.) Hee that sends a message by the hand of a foole, cutteth off the feet, and drinketh dammage; that is, he shall have dammage enough, a full draught of it, his belly-full of it, by sending such an empty-headed messenger upon his errand. So to drinke iniquity, and to drinke it like water, is to doe aboundance of iniquity. I shall give seven observations, which will discover the intendment of this manner of speaking, and draw out the meaning of He drinks iniquity like water.
First, thus, Men naturally hath a strong appetite or desire to sin, Mans natural desire is to nothing else but sin. Drinking implies appetite; a man doth not drink (ordinarily) till he is thirsty: And though Drunkards have sometimes no thirst, yet they have always a strong desire to drink. Sinful man is a thirst for, and desires the drafts of sin (