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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
Title page typeset from the transcription.
AN EXPOSITION Upon the Fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth Chapte… › Chapter 15 › Verse 29
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
1. He shall not he rich.
The words seem to carry an opposition all along to the wicked mans purposes and projects. The wicked man saith in his heart, if not with his mouth, He will be rich; to which God answers, He shall not be rich. The Apostle (1 Tim. 6.9.) speaks of such a sort of Rich Will-bees, They that will be rich fall into temptation, &c. When a man comes to this height of resolvedness, He will be rich what ever comes of it, or who-ever stands in his way, he will be rich and ask no mans leave, no nor Gods leave, then God rises to his high resolves, He shall not be rich: Let it come to trial whose word shall stand, his, or mine: And when once this word is gone out of Gods mouth, then he, and all his trees which should bear him that golden fruit, are blasted and mildewed. Then, though he lay the strongest projects for riches, yet he ⟨p. 156⟩shall not be rich, though he sweat and toil to be rich, though he dig deep into the ground, and turn every stone above ground, to find riches, yet he shall not be rich; though he cares not whom he makes poor, yea though himself live poorly all his days, that he may dye rich, yet he shall not be rich.
The words seeme to carry an opposition all along to the wicked mans purposes and projects. The wicked man saith in his heart, if not with his mouth, He will be rich; to which God answers, He shall not be rich. The Apostle (1 Tim. 6.9.) speakes of such a sort of Rich Will-bees, They that will be rich fall into temptation, &c. When a man comes to this hight of resolvednesse, He will be rich what ever comes of it, or who-ever stands in his way, he will be rich and aske no mans leave, no nor Gods leave, then God rises to his high resolves, Hee shall not be rich: Let it come to tryall whose word shall stand, his, or mine: And when once this word is gone out of Gods mouth, then he, and all his trees which should beare him that golden fruit, are blasted and mildew'd. Then, though he lay the strongest projects for riches, yet he