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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 31
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Thirdly, The Devil, who is The Deceiver; of whose devices we are not ignorant (saith the Apostle) he is full of tricks and plots; he hath his methods, his arts to deceive. Ever since the Devil deceived himself, he hath been studying how to deceive man; he doth not only go about like a roaring Lyon, but like a subtle Serpent, and a cunning Fox, seeking whom he may devour; or he is a Lyon to devour those whom he hath first deceived as a Fox, or as a Serpent: Man is a persuadable creature (Gen. 9.27.) God shall persuade Japheth to dwell in the Tents of Shem: The Original word there used to persuade, signifies also to deceive, because persuasions are often made as Engines, or baits to deceive.
Thirdly, The Devill, who is The Deceiver; of whose devices we are not ignorant (saith the Apostle) he is full of tricks and plots; he hath his methods, his arts to deceive. Ever since the Devill deceived himselfe, he hath been studying how to deceive man; he doth not onely goe about like a roaring Lyon, but like a subtle Serpent, and a cunning Fox, seeking whom he may devour; or he is a Lyon to devour those whom he hath first deceived as a Fox, or as a Serpent: Man is a perswadable creature (Gen. 9.27.) God shall perswade Japhet to dwell in the Tents of Shem: The Originall word there used to perswade, signifies also to deceive, because perswasions are often made as Engines, or baytes to deceive.
There is also a kind of holy fraud in the Gospel, and man is as it were deceived into the obedience of it, Being crafty I caught you with guile (I fetched you over, did I not?) saith Paul (2 Cor. 12.16.) Now as man is sometimes deceived for his good, so he is often and easily deceived for his hurt, by these three deceivers. Satan, the World, and his own Heart, persuade him by an unholy deceit to dwell in the Tents of sin.
There is also a kind of holy fraud in the Gospell, and man is as it were deceived into the obedience of it, Being crafty I caught you with guile (I fetcht you over, did I not?) saith Paul (