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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.
Further, God needs not give man any account, upon these three grounds. First, He oweth no man any thing; He hath received nothing of us, and if a man hath not received, he needeth not account. They that have any trust from men, are to give account. But what hath God received from man? Man receives his all from God. Why then should God give any account?
Secondly, Consider, the Lo•d hath wronged no man, nor can he. He is infinitely just and righteous in all his ways; He not only doth just things, but things are just because he doth them. Why should he give an account of any of his matters, who neither doth nor can do any matter which is unjust. If we knew and were fully assured of a man (in whose hands we have trusted ⟨p. 254⟩much) that he were so just, that he would not (though he had opportunity) deceive us of a farthing, we would never call him to an account. As it is said of those treasurers in the story of the Kings (2 Kings 12.15.) They reckoned not with the men into whose hand they delivered the money to be bestowed on workmen, for they dealt faithfully. An example hardly to be paralleled in an age by the sons of men. Many are more desirous of trusts, then careful to discharge them; They love to have much treasure pass through their hands, that some of it may, in passage, slip into their own pockets and purses. Justice and faithfulness are rare Jewels among men, and therefore it is but need they should have a check upon them, and be called to an account. But the holy God is altogether just and faithful, therefore to what purpose should he be called to an account. Let us rest quiet in this acknowledgement, That he whose will is the highest reason, can do nothing without reason. Man was created under God, and then he returns to the order of his creation, when he prefers the judgement of God, even when he doth not understand it, before his own.
Secondly, Consider, the Lo•d hath wronged no man, nor can he. He is infinitely just and righteous in all his wayes; He not only doth just things, but things are just because he doth them. Why should he give an account of any of his matters, who neither doth nor can doe any matter which is unust. If we knew and were fully assured of a man (in whose hands we have trusted