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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 24
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Consider, with what weapons and instruments God fights against a wicked man: he doth not say, Sword and fire shall make him afraid, Armies of enemies shall make him afraid, but trouble and anguish shall do it; God can create and form weapons in our own hearts, to fight against us: Inward anguish is far more grievous then any outward stroke. (Rom. 2.9.) Tribulation and anguish shall be upon every soul that sins, whether of Jew or Gentile: Anguish is the edge of tribulation both joined, wound soul and body; yea strike thorough both at every blow.
Consider, with what weapons and instruments God fights against a wicked man: he doth not say, Sword and fire shall make him afraid, Armies of enemies shall make him afraid, but trouble and anguish shall doe it; God can create and forme weapons in our owne hearts, to fight against us: Inward anguish is farr more greivous then any outward stroak. (Rom. 2.9.) Tribulation and anguish shall be upon every soule that sins, whether of Jew or Gentile: Anguish is the edge of tribulatio• both joyned, wound soule and body; yea strike thoroug• both at every blow.
Hence Note.
It is worse to be afraid of evil, then to feel it: Every thing is to us as we apprehend it, good is not pleasing to us, nor evil afflictive to us, unless we think it so: They who are not afraid of death, welcome it when it comes; others through ⟨p. 121⟩fear of death, are held in bondage all the days of their life.