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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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First, There is a pollution in sin, it defiles.
Secondly, There is baseness in sin, it dishonours.
Secondly, There is basenesse in sin, it dishonours.
Thirdly, There is a deceitfulness in sin, it would make us believe we shall be, and receive, that which it is not able to perform.
Thirdly, There is a deceitfulnesse in sin, it would make us beleeve we shall be, and receive, that which it is not able to performe.
Hence the Apostle (Rom. 6.21.) puts the question to those who were once the servants of sin, What fruit had ye then in those things whereof you are now ashamed? He asketh them, and bids them ask their own hearts, what fruit had you? as if he had said, I know when you were servants of sin, your sins promised you great matters, great rewards: the Tree of sin seems to be loaded with fruits, the bows of it look as if ready to break with goodly fruits; fruit pleasant to the eye, sweet to the taste, and desirable to make one wise; but I beseech yon tell me what fruit had you in those things wh reof you are now ashamed? If you be ashamed to tell me; I will tell you, The end of those things is death; that's all the fruit which the Tree of sin bears. Sin deals with us, as Jael with Sisera (