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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.
Thirdly, There is no man, no nor Angel, that hath any authority to call God to an account. They that are accountable to others,1 are under their power, either as being in degree above them, or as having made a compact & covenant with them (though their equals) to give them an account. But who shall call God to an account, who is higher then the highest? And though God hath condescended to make a covenant with man, and therein given him assurance that he will do him good, yet God hath engaged himself to give us an account how or in what way he makes good or performs his Covenant. Man must give an account to God how he hath performed the Articles of the Covenant, not God to man. As man is a frail dying creature, so he is an accountable creature (Luke 16.2.) Give an account of thy Stewardship, for thou mayst be no longer Steward (Rom: 14.12.) So then every one of us shall give an account of himself to God. God will call every man to a strict account of his receipts and expenses, what talents of time and opportunities of parts and abilities, of power and Authorities, have been put into his hand, as also how he hath husbanded and improved them. We, alas poor creatures, by striving with God, call him (upon the matter) to give us an account of his matters; And in the mean time forget ⟨p. 255⟩the account which we must give to him of all our matters. It is our duty and will be our wisdom to account so with our selves every day, that we may be ready for our account in that Great and last Audit-Day; And as to remember & prepare for our own account in that day, will keep us from doing or saying any thing which may be interpreted a calling of God to an account all our days: so that remembrance will make us strive how to improve and be bettered by the afflictions and troubles wherewith we are exercised in the world, in stead of striving with God, because he puts us upon those severer exercises; for how we have improved our afflictions will be one part (and that a very considerable one) of our account to God in that day.
Thirdly, There is no man, no nor Angel, that hath any authority to call God to an account. They that are accountable to others,1