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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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That to cast off the fear of God is highest wickedness; to cast off the fear of God is the beginning of wickedness, as to entertain The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom; the word, here used, signifieth not only the beginning but the top, the chief, the head and highest perfection of a thing: the fear of God is both first and last, the beginning and end of holiness. To fear God, and keep his Commandments, is all man in goodness, to cast off the fear of God, is all man in sinfulness: the beginning and end of wickedness; It is ill not to have the fear of God, but it is far worse to cast of the fear of God; it is ill not to choose the fear of God (Prov. 1.29.) but to reject the fear of the Lord that is desperate; if once fear be cast off, all wickedness is let in; at the same door, at which the fear of the Lord goes out, any sin may enter: As Abraham said, The fear of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my Wives sake; they have no impediment of lust to cast off, who have once cast off the fear of God. And as they who cast off this fear are ready to do or say any thing that's evil; so they are unready to do or say any thing that is good; as they have no restraint upon them from iniquity, so they can easily restrain themselves from duty: The next words show this.
That to cast off the feare of God is highest wickednesse; to cast off the feare of God is the beginning of wickednesse, as to entertaine The feare of God is the beginning of wisedome; the word, here used, signifieth not onely the beginning but the top, the chiefe, the head and highest perfection of a thing: the feare of God is both first and last, the beginning and end of holinesse. To feare God, and keep his Commandements, is all man in goodnesse, to cast off the feare of God, is all man in sinfulnesse: the beginning and end of wickednesse; It is ill not to have the feare of God, but it is farre worse to cast of the feare of God; it is ill not to chuse the feare of God (Prov. 1.29.) but to reject the feare of the Lord that is desperate; if once feare be cast off, all wickednesse is let in; at the same doore, at which the feare of the Lord goes out, any sin may enter: As Abraham sayd, The feare of God is not in this place, and they will kill me for my Wives sake; they have no impediment of lust to cast off, who have once cast off the feare of God. And as they who cast off this feare are ready to doe or say any thing that's evill; so they are unready to doe or say any thing that is good; as they have no restraint upon them from iniquity, so they can easily restrain themselves from duty: The next words shew this.