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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 26
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Or, It is a metaphor taken from a Bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; who therefore will not submit his neck to bear it. Wicked men are called Children of Belial, because they endure not the yoke of obedience; when God would put his yoke upon their necks, they lift up their necks, or run upon him with their stiff necks.
Or, It is a metaphor taken from a Bullock unaccustomed to the yoake; who therefore will not submit his neck to bear it. Wicked men are called Children of Belial, because they endure not the yoak of obedience; when God would put his yoak upon their necks, they lift up their necks, or run upon him with their stiffe necks.
Hence Note.
It is pride of spirit which causeth man to oppose God: The Apostle James saith, God resisteth the proud (Jam. 4.) which intimates, yea and speaks out, that the proud assault God. As the wicked in his pride persecutes the poor (Psal. 10.2.) ⟨p. 142⟩So in his pride he opposeth God. And as he that loveth God, follows, yea runs after God to obey him; so he that hates God runs upon him by disobedience. An act of ignorant disobedience is a going fro• God;1 an act of known disobedience, is a running upon God: Running upon God, is not only sinning, but impudent sinning. The Angels in Heaven cover their faces before God, d••ing not to behold him: Humble sinners on earth, such as the poor Publican (