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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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Is not all this and a thousand times more, which might be said of their lying, and vanity, enough, and more then enough to justify those titles which the Spirit of God hath bestowed upon them, that they are vanity and a lye, or as Jonah calls them, Lying vanities.
Is not all this and a thousand times more, which might be sayd of their lying, and vanity, enough, and more then enough to justifie those titles which the Spirit of God hath bestowed upon them, that they are vanity and a lye, or as Jonah calls them, Lying vanities.
And yet (to close the point) we must remember that creature-riches are not a lye, nor deceitful in themselves. There's no more deceit in the greatest abundance of Gold and Silver, then there is in a wholesome savoury piece of bread. Riches are not vain and deceitful, as our hearts are said to be deceitful (Jer. 17.9.) nor as lust is said to be deceitful (Eph. 4.22.) for these things are deceitful only through the deceitfulness of our hearts, and lusts: Or they are deceitful Objectively, not Actively; we are deceived about them, not by them. They do not deceive us till we are deceived; nor do they deceive us either as possessed or used, but as adored and trusted. Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity.
And yet (to close the point) we must remember that creature-riches are not a lye, nor deceitfull in themselves. There's no more deceit in the greatest abundance of Gold and Silver, then there is in a wholsome savory peece of bread. Riches are not vaine and deceitfull, as our hearts are sayd to be deceitfull (Jer. 17.9.) nor as lust is sayd to be deceitfull (Eph. 4.22.) for these things are deceitfull onely through the deceitfulnesse of our hearts, and lusts: Or they are deceitfull Objectively, not Actively; we are deceived about them, not by them. They doe not deceive us till we are deceived; nor doe they deceive us either as possessed or used, but as adored and trusted. Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity.