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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 29
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The Lord gives them a stop, and saith, Ye shall not be rich; evil men do not always thrive,1 Peter fished all night, but got nothing, till Christ bid him put down the Net. Some have cast their Net in all sorts of waters, yet could never catch the great fish of worldly wealth. It is the blessing of God that makes good men rich; and it is a permission from God that makes evil men rich. Godliness is profitable for all things, having the promise of this life, and of that which is to come, yet every godly man meets not with the profit of this life; ungodliness is profitable for nothing, having neither the promise of this life nor of that which is to come, yet some ungodly men meet with the profit of this life. Though sinners are never on the thriving hand, yet they often thrive in their way; and though Saints are ever on the thriving side, yet they do not always thrive in their way: Neither the one ⟨p. 157⟩sort nor the other thrives, if the Lord saith, They shall not be rich: When he saith so to the Saints, it is to humble them; but when he saith so to a wicked man, it is to punish him; He shall not be rich, that's the first step of his misery.
The Lord gives them a stop, and saith, Yee shall not be rich; evill men doe not alwayes thrive,1 Peter fished all night, but got nothing, till Christ bid him put downe the Net. Some have cast their Net in all sorts of waters, yet could never catch the great fish of worldly wealth. It is the blessing of God that makes good men rich; and it is a permission from God that makes evill men rich. Godlinesse is profitable for all things, having the promise of this life, and of that which is to come, yet every godly man meets not with the profit of this life; ungodlinesse is profitable for nothing, having neither the promise of this life nor of that which is to come, yet some ungodly men meet with the profit of this life. Though sinners are never on the thriving hand, yet they often thrive in their way; and though Saints are ever on the thriving side, yet they doe not alwayes thrive in their way: Neither the one ⟨p. 157⟩sort nor the other thrives, if the Lord saith, They shall not be rich: When he saith so to the Saints, it is to humble them; but when he saith so to a wicked man, it is to punish him; He shall not be rich, that's the first step of his misery.