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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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Lastly Observe.
Man is apt to trust that which hath deceived him; or man being once deceived, trusts that which will deceive him again. Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: We say, Such a man hath deceived me once, but he shall not deceive me the second time: But carnal hearts being deceived once by sin and vanity, are willing to be deceived a thousand times; being once deceived, they care not how often they are deceived: That of the Prophet is an eminent Testimony to this too much experimented truth (Isa. 44.20.) He feedeth on ashes; that is, he is as much deluded as a man is, who eats ashes, thinking it to be bread or other good cheer; or his Idol which promised him great ⟨p. 180⟩matters and much joy, hath given nothing but ashes, sorrow, and misery; of which, ashes, and especially feeding upon ashes, was an emblem: Now though it were thus with him, yet (saith the Prophet) A deceived heart hath turned him aside that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, is there not a lye in my right hand? that is, Though he sees himself deceived, yet he hath no power to withdraw from the deceiver, nor to question the deceit; he is so bewitched with the sorcery of sin, that he cannot deliver his soul from the snares of it; but being deceived, he is willingly deceived, and looks upon his deceiver as his trusty Friend.
Man is apt to trust that which hath deceived him; or man being once deceived, trusts that which will deceive him againe. Let not him that is deceived trust in vanity: We say, Such a man hath deceived me once, but he shall not deceive me the second time: But carnall hearts being deceived once by sin and vanity, are willing to be deceived a thousand times; being once deceived, they care not how often they are deceived: That of the Prophet is an eminent Testimony to this too much experimented truth (Isa. 44.20.) He feedeth on ashes; that is, he is as much deluded as a man is, who eates ashes, thinking it to be bread or other good cheare; or his Idoll which promised him great