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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 22
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And as a wicked man hath no ground to believe, so he usually hath no heart to believe: as he hath no reason to hope for better things, so he hath no courage, his spirit sinks and fails, when his state doth. Abigail had no sooner told Nabal that the destroyer was coming upon him in his prosperity, but his heart sunk within him, like a stone, and he dyed away presently.
And as a wicked man hath no ground to beleeve, so he usually hath no heart to beleeve: as he hath no reason to hope for better things, so he hath no courage, his spirit sinks and fails, when his state doth. Abigall had no sooner told Nabal that the destroyer was comming upon him in his prosperity, but his heart sunke within him, like a stone, and he dyed away presently.
Secondly, The best of a wicked mans faith (that he shall return out of darkness) is but a presumptuous fancy, or mere Fool-hardiness. A good man is like a Child in his Fathers house, who takes no care, but casts all upon his Parents; in the greatest storm, he commits the helm to Christ as Pilot; he can say as David (Psalm. 42.) when he is in trouble, Why art thou disquieted O my soul? He calls his soul to question, and would have his soul give him a reason, Why art thou troubled, my soul? hope in God, for I shall yet praise him: But a wicked man hath no God to hope in, therefore he cannot say, I shall yet praise him: That man cannot cast his burden of cares upon the Lord (Psal. 55.22.) who cares not how he burdens God with his sins; therefore he must bear and sink under both burdens himself: He cannot believe ⟨p. 105⟩that he shall return out of the darkness of trouble, who delights and sports in the darkness of iniquity.
Secondly, The best of a wicked mans faith (that he shall returne out of darknesse) is but a presumptuous fansie, or meer Foole-hardinesse. A good man is like a Childe in his Fathers house, who takes no care, but casts all upon his Parents; in the greatest storme, he commits the helme to Christ as Pilot; he can say as David (