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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 21
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1It is said of a godly man (Psal. 112.7.) No evil tidings shall make him fear (though there be a dreadful sound in his ear, a sound of danger, yet) his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. A wicked man is terrified with conceited danger; a godly man is not afraid when there is real danger. A godly man hath a witness for him in himself; a wicked man carries a witness against him in himself;2 and this witness is also his judge to condemn him, yea his executioner to torment, and vex him; as soon as our first Parents had sinned (Gen. 3.8.) They heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the Garden, in the cool of the day, and Adam and his Wife hid themselves ⟨p. 97⟩from the presence of the Lord: Here was no appearance of terror, it was the voice of God walking as a friend, not marching as an enemy, and it was in in the cool, not heat of the day; these circumstances argue the guiltiness of Adam and his Wife, who fled and hid themselves at this appearance of the Lord. The voice of God walking, was a dreadful sound in their ears, because they had not hearkened to the voice of God commanding. Wicked Pashur, who opposed the good Prophet, is branded with a new name (Jer. 20.3.4.) The Lord said, his name shall no more be called Pashur, but Magor-Misabib; that is, Fear round about, and in the next Verse, the reason is given why this name was given him, For I will make thee a terror to thy self: He that is a terror to himself, can no more be without terror, then he can be without himself. Nor can any thing be a comfort to him, who is his own terror. And therefore a guilty conscience hears a dreadful sound, what sound soever he hears: he ever expects to hear bad news, and he puts fearful glosses and comments upon that which is good.
1It is sayd of a godly man (Psal. 112.7.) No evill tydings shall make him feare (though there be a dreadfull sound in his eare, a sound of danger, yet) his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. A wicked man is terrified with conceited danger; a godly man is not afraid when there is reall danger. A godly man hath a witnesse for him in himselfe; a wicked man carryes a witnesse against him in himselfe;