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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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Again, The creature promiseth to ease us of our cares, yet it doth but multiply them: The creature promiseth to satisfy our desires, yet it doth only increase and enrage them. Riches are not food, but fuel to our desires; they do not allay our appetite, as bread doth, when received into the stomach, but inflame our appetite, as wood doth, when it is cast into the fire.
Againe, The creature promiseth to ease us of our cares, yet it doth but multiply them: The creature promiseth to satisfie our desires, yet it doth only encrease and enrage them. Riches are not food, but fewell to our desires; they doe not allay our appetite, as bread doth, when received into the stomack, but enflame our appetite, as wood doth, when it is cast into the fire.
Further, The creature promiseth to protect us; hence that of Solomon (Prov. 10.15.) The rich mans wealth is his strong City: That is, it promiseth to be so, and tells him, it will do that for him, which a strong City doth for its Inhabitants, defend him against all Comers and Invaders; yet the same Solomon assures us in the next Chapter (Vers. 4.) That riches ⟨p. 178⟩profit not in the day of wrath. And Ezekiel threatens the Jews, That their Silver and their Gold shall not deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord.
Further, The creature promiseth to protect us; hence that of Solomon (Prov. 10.15.) The rich mans wealth is his strong Citie: That is, it promiseth to be so, and tells him, it will doe that for him, which a strong City doth for its Inhabitants, defend him against all Commers and Invaders; yet the same Solomon assures us in the next Chapter (Vers. 4.) That riches ⟨p. 178⟩profit not in the day of wrath. And Ezekiel threatens the Jews, That their Silver and their Gold shall not deliver them in the day of the wrath of the Lord.