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An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and…
An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the book of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus near the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...An exposition with practicall observations continued upon the thirty second, the thirty third, and the thirty fourth chapters of the booke of Job being the substance of forty-nine lectures / delivered at Magnus neare the Bridge, London, by Joseph Caryl ...
London: printed by M. Simmons, 1661
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
There is a spirit in man very apt to strive with God.
Do ye think (saith the Apostle, Jam: 4.5.) that the Scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us, lusteth to envy, or (as the margin hath it) enviously; surely no; the Scripture doth not speak this in vain, and if any think it doth, their thoughts are vain. Now, as there are lustings in men to envy against their brethren, because of the gifts and good things of God which they enjoy; so there are lustings in men to discontent against God, because of the evils which themselves suffer. When God seems to contend with us, we really fall to contending with God. The waters of Meribah will be an everlasting witness of this; of which Moses said (Numb: 20.13.) This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. The Apostle doth more then intimate this readiness of man to strive with God, while by a vehement expostulation he checks it, and reproves all men for it. (1 Cor: 10.22.) Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger then he? They presume ⟨p. 249⟩much upon their strength, who are forward to strive, they especially who provoke and challenge others to strive with them. There is a spirit in man which stouts it with God, even to a provocation of strife with him.
Doe ye thinke (saith the Apostle, Jam: 4.5.) that the Scripture saith in vaine, The spirit that dwelleth in us, lusteth to envie, or (as the margin hath it) enviously; surely no; the Scripture doth not speake this in vaine, and if any thinke it doth, their thoughts are vaine. Now, as there are lustings in men to envie against their brethren, because of the gifts and good things of God which they enjoy; so there are lustings in men to discontent against God, because of the evills which themselves suffer. When God seemes to contend with us, we really fall to contending with God. The waters of Meribah will be an everlasting winess of this; of which Moses sayd (Numb: 20.13.) This is the water of Meribah, because the children of Israel strove with the Lord, and he was sanctified in them. The Apostle doth more then intimate this readiness of man to strive with God, while by a vehement expostulation he checks it, and reproves all men for it. (1 Cor: 10.22.) Doe we provoke the Lord to jealousie? are we stronger then he? They presume