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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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That a wicked mans state never changeth for better, but from good to bad, or from bad to worse. Till the man himself be changed from bad to good, his state can never change from bad to good: And suppose his outward state be good, then the worst thing that can befall him, is this, that his state should not change. His settledness in that which is civilly good, doth but more settle him in that which is morally evil. They have no changes, therefore they fear not God (Psal. 55.19.) What can be worse for man then this, n•t to fear God, who is the chiefest good? Who would not fear to be without changes, when he hears that being without them, keeps out this fear?
That a wicked mans state never changeth for better, but from good to bad, or from bad to worse. Till the man himselfe be changed from bad to good, his state can never change from bad to good: And suppose his outward state be good, then the worst thing that can befall him, is this, that his state should not change. His setlednesse in that which is civilly good, doth but more settle him in that which is morally evill. They have no changes, therefore they feare not God (Psal. 55.19.) What can be worse for man then this, n•t to feare God, who is the chiefest good? Who would not feare to be without changes, when he heares that being without them, keeps out this feare?
Suppose further. That the wicked mans outward estate be evil, then it is worse to him, when he changes to outward good: if he change from sorrow to joy, from poverty to riches, from sickness to health, from a prison to liberty, in all these, or in any other of like nature with these, he changes to his loss: That man can never change for good, who continues evil. Such a mans outward estate often changes from bad to worse; if it change from bad to good, that is bad for him; and if being good, it change not at all, that is worst of all.