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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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Fourthly, Water is but small drink, water hath little pleasure in it and less strength in it. And therefore when Christ would show that the lowest courtesy or charity done to one of his, shall be highly esteemed by him, he saith, Whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a Disciple, he shall not loose his reward, Matth. 10.42.
Fourthly, Water is but small drinke, water hath little pleasure in it and lesse strength in it. And therefore when Christ would shew that the lowest courtesie or charity done to one of his, shall be highly esteemed by him, he saith, Whosoever shall give to drinke unto one of these little ones, a cup of cold water onely, in the name of a Disciple, he shall not loose his reward, Matth. 10.42.
Hence Observe:
Man will sin upon very easy terms, and smallest considerations. Though there be little got by it, though he get but a draught of water by it; though his sin bring him in scare any thing of advantage, yet sin he will; the act of sinning pleaseth some, more then the consequence or gain of sin. They care not much whether it be water or Wine which they drink, 1so it be iniquity which they drink. As the Saints, in a height of holiness, will do good, though they do themselves little good, or get no outward advantage by it: They resolve to do good for good sake; the duty abstractly considered, or the act it self, is the thing that pleaseth them; so to a natural man, the very committing of sin satisfieth him more then the outward Income or Revenue of his sin: He doth evil for evil sake, and serves his lust for love, not for wages.