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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 such as our way is, such will our end be: If we walk and trust in vanity, we shall have vanity for our recompense, or our change. Every mans end is virtually in his way: So the Apostle argues elegantly (Gal. 6.7.) Be not deceived, God is not mocked; whatsoever a man sows that shall he reap, he that sows to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; he that sows to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting: If the Husband-man sow tares he must look to reap tares: A seed time of tares, and a Harvest of Wheat, were never heard of in the same ground: As the seed is, such is the crop (Isa. 3.11.) Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hand shall be given him. There is nothing worse for some, then to have their reward brought in, and all that is owing to them paid: The very receiving of their debts and rewards, is their undoing for ever.
That such as our way is, such will our end be: If we walk and trust in vanity, we shall have vanity for our recompence, or our change. Every mans end is virtually in his way: So the Apostle argues ellegantly (Gal. 6.7.) Be not deceived, God is not mocked; whatsoever a man sowes that shall he reape, he that sowes to the flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption; he that sowes to the spirit, shall of the spirit reap life everlasting: If the Husband-man sow tares he must look to reap tares: A seed time of tares, and a Harvest of Wheat, were never heard of in the same ground: As the seed is, such is the crop (Isa. 3.11.) Woe to the wicked, it shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hand shall be given him. There is nothing worse for some, then to have their reward brought in, and all that is owing to them payd: The very receiving of their debts and rewards, is their undoing for ever.
All the misery of a wicked man is summed up in this, He shall have the reward of his hands. Wrath, and death, and Hell, are his rewards, and all the wages which the work both