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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 35
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Wicked men cannot but act evil: They who conceive, must do their utmost to bring forth conceptions. As a Woman with Child, cannot but bring forth when her time is come, and her pains are on her; if you would give her all the World it is impossible to divert or delay the birth. So it is with a wicked man, when he hath mischievous conceptions in his heart; He sleepeth not unless he do mischief (Prov. 4.16.) What ever comes of it, fall back or fall edge, he must do it. He cannot forbear an attempt to do it, though it cost him his life; many have been at that cost, in attempting to do it but could not.
Wicked men cannot but act evill: They who conceive, must doe their utmost to bring forth conceptions. As a Woman with Childe, cannot but bring forth when her time is come, and her paines are on her; if you would give her all the World it is impossible to divert or delay the birth. So it is with a wicked man, when he hath mischeivous conceptions in his heart; He sleepeth not unlesse he doe mischeife (Prov. 4.16.) What ever comes of it, fall back or fall edge, he must doe it. He cannot forbeare an attempt to doe it, though it cost him his life; many have been at that cost, in attempting to doe it but could not.
Observe secondly.
Wicked men are oft put to much pain in fulfilling their lusts, or in acting their conceived mischiefs. It is with such men as with the Woman in child-bearing, on whom the Lord hath laid that heavy burden, In sorrow shalt thou bring forth Children (Gen. 3.16.) wicked men feel this to the full, In sorrow they bring forth: The wicked man travelleth in pain all his days, vers. 20. It is their delight to sin, but for the most part they smart in sinning, and run through many sorrows to accomplish their sin. They are so mad upon sinning, that the sweetness of doing mischief pleaseth them more, then all the troubles they go through in doing it discourageth them. Many evils cannot be done with ease, it costs sinners dear to effect what they design; they often have, as we say of Women, after long and sore travel in child-bearing, A very hard bargain of it, and pay very dear for that which is worth, or worthy of nothing but repentance or greater pain.