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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 4
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First, it is taken for the holy awe or reverence we bear to God in our spirits, which is the worship of the first Commandment, and the sanctifying of God in our hearts.
First, it is taken for the holy awe or reverence we beare to God in our spirits, which is the worship of the first Commandement, and the sanctifying of God in our hearts.
Secondly, For the outward acts of Religion, which is the ⟨p. 12⟩worship of the second Commandment, Their fear is taught by the precepts of men (Isa. 29.13.) that is, their outward worship and Religion, is such as men have invented, not such as God hath appointed: Some take it here in the first sense only, thou castest off fear; that is, thou castest off that awe, reverence, and regard thou owest to the Name of God; others understand it in the second, Thou castest off fear; that is, the outward worship and service of God: but I conceive we have that expressed in the next clause,1 And restrainest prayer before God; there he taxeth him with neglect of outward worship, and here with neglect of inward, Thou casteth off fear; fear is as the bridle of the soul; fear holds us in compass, it is the bank to the Sea; fear keeps in the overflowing of sin, Thou casteth off fear.
Secondly, For the outward acts of Religion, which is the ⟨p. 12⟩worship of the second Commandement, Their feare is taught by the precepts of men (Isa. 29.13.) that is, their outward worship and Religion, is such as men have invented, not such as God hath appointed: Some take it here in the first sense onely, thou castest off feare; that is, thou castest off that awe, reverence, and regard thou owest to the Name of God; others understand it in the second, Thou castest off feare; that is, the outward worship and service of God: but I conceive we have that expressed in the next clause,