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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 20
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Further, as a sinful conversation among men, so a superstitious service of the true God, and the serving of false Gods is full of trouble.
Further, as a sinfull conversation among men, so a superstitious service of the true God, and the serving of false Gods is full of trouble.
The false worshipper travelleth in pain all his days: All false worship hath a tang of baseness and slavery in it; they that worship the Devil, in what a wretched servitude do they live? In Popery, what vexatious penances do they put upon their blinded Votaries? The Gospel is noble, and the service of it ingenuous, as well as pure or spiritual: Christ hath not called us to drudgery, but to liberty. They are most free, who serve him most.
The false worshipper travelleth in paine all his dayes: All false worship hath a tang of basenesse and slavery in it; they that worship the Devill, in what a wretched servitude doe they live? In Popery, what vexatious penances doe they put upon their blinded Votaries? The Gospel is noble, and the service of it ingenuous, as well as pure or spirituall: Christ hath not called us to drudgerie, but to liberty. They are most free, who serve him most.
What pain the Jews travelled in when they Apostatized from God to Idols, Tophet, and the Valley of Hinnon, where they offered their Children in the fire to Moloch, are abundant witnesses. Did God put them to such pain in his service? God called them to offer their Beasts in Sacrifice to him: But they offer their Children in Sacrifice to that abominable Idol. Wicked men live under a hard task-master.
What paine the Jewes travelled in when they Apostatiz'd from God to Idols, Tophet, and the Valley of Hinnon, where they offered their Children in the fire to Moloch, are abundant witnesses. Did God put them to such paine in his service? God called them to offer their Beasts in Sacrifice to him: But they offer their Children in Sacrifice to that abominable Idol. Wicked men live under a hard task-master.