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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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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.
Man will sin upon very easie tearmes, 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 gaine of sin. They care not much whether it be water or Wine which they drinke, 1so it be iniquity which they drinke. As the Saints, in a height of holinesse, will doe good, though they doe 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 selfe, is the thing that pleaseth them; so to a naturall man, the very committing of sin satisfieth him more then the outward Income or Revenue of his sin: He doth evill for evill sake, and serves his lust for love, not for wages.
- 1Eo improbitatis evadit impius, ut vel solo peccati & impietatis nomine, nulla praeterea mercede proposita, peccato inserviat.