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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
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Fourthly, To provoke him to resist his own corruptions steadfastly.
Fourthly, To provoke him to resist his owne corruptions stedfastly.
And lastly, To bear the cross (which the Lord had laid upon him for his good, especially for the taming and subduing of his corruptions) patiently.
And lastly, To beare the crosse (which the Lord had layd upon him for his good, especially for the taming and subduing of his corruptions) patiently.
So that Eliphaz doth not dispute with him upon this hypothesis, or supposition, or not upon this only, That man by nature, and without the grace of God, is filthy and abominable, drinking iniquity like water; but upon this, or this in consort with the former, That man in a state of grace, or a godly man is filthy and abominable, in reference to the flesh that dwelleth in him; and that in reference to his frequent sinnings, he may be said to drink iniquity like water: And therefore Job had no reason to be proud, how good so ever he was, or how much good soever he had done; and that there was all the reason in the World he should be patient, and take it well at the hand of God, how much evil so ever he should suffer.
So that Eliphaz doeh not dispute with him upon this hypothesis, or supposition, or not upon this onely, That man by nature, and without the grace of God, is filthy and abominable, drinking iniquity like water; but upon this, or this in consort with the former, That man in a state of grace, or a godly man is filthy and abominable, in reference to the flesh that dwelleth in him; and that in reference to his frequent sinnings, he may be sayd to drink iniquity like water: And therefore Job had no reason to be proud, how good so ever he was, or how much good soever he had done; and that there was all the reason in the World he should be patient, and take it well at the hand of God, how much evill so ever he should suffer.