A35535:1062
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.
Secondly, Men strive with God, by not believing or distrusting his promises. That's a strife with his faithfulness, or with his power. Unbelief is one of the worst ways, if not the worst of all the ways of striving with God. The reason why that place at the rock in Horeb was called Meribah (Exod: 17.7.) was because the people did not believe. They thought they must dye with thirst in the wilderness when they saw no water. They fell to this sin again a second time upon the like occasion, while they abode in Kadesh (Numb: 20.1, 2, 3.) And as the people strove there with God by their rebellious unbelief, so also did Moses and Aaron by their unbelief, that God would give water to such rebels, as it follows in the same Chapter (v. 10, 11, 12.) There is no sin so often, or so properly called a provocation as unbelief is. Yea by unbelief we strive so much with God, that we are said to weary him (Isa: 7.13.) O how do they weary God, who either think him so weak that he cannot, or so unfaithful that he will not make good his word, or perform his promises! The first of these is always in unbelief, the latter often.
Secondly, Men strive with God, by not believing or distrusting his promises. That's a strife with his faithfulness, or with his power. Unbeliefe is one of the worst wayes, if not the worst of all the wayes of striving with God. The reason why that place at the rock in Horeb was called Meribah (Exod: 17.7.) was because the people did not believe. They thought they must dye with thirst in the wilderness when they saw no water. They fell to this sin againe a second time upon the like occasion, while they abode in Kadesh (Numb: 20.1, 2, 3.) And as the people strove there with God by their rebellious unbeliefe, so also did Moses and Aaron by their unbeliefe, that God would give water to such rebells, as it follows in the same Chapter (v. 10, 11, 12.) There is no sin so often, or so properly called a provocation as unbeliefe is. Yea by unbeliefe we strive so much with God, that we are sayd to weary him (Isa: 7.13.) O how doe they weary God, who either thinke him so weake that he cannot, or so unfaithfull that he will not make good his word, or performe his promises! The first of these is alwayes in unbeliefe, the latter often.
Thirdly, We strive with God by not bearing his hand, or by our impatience under the cross which his hand layeth upon us: while we quarrel with the rod, we quarrel with God who chasteneth us with it. This was the most special way in which Job strove with God; and the sinfulness of it, hath been several times touched upon in this book.