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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.
The prophetical Sermons are called visions; The vision of Isaiah ⟨p. 276⟩the son of Amos, which he saw (Isa. 1.1.) yet when they preached them to the people, many of them saw nothing; their visions were to the people as parables or dark sayings. Man in general falls under a twofold consideration; first, as unconverted or carnal; and in that state he perceiveth not at all, when God speaks once and twice, yea thrice, he perceiveth nothing. And that proceeds from a double ground.
The propheticall Sermons are called visions; The vision of Isaiah ⟨p. 276⟩the son of Amos, which he saw (Isa. 1.1.) yet when they preached them to the people, many of them saw nothing; their visions were to the people as parables or darke sayings. Man in generall falls under a twofold consideration; first, as unconverted or carnall; and in that state he perceiveth not at all, when God speaks once and twice, yea thrice, he perceiveth nothing. And that proceeds from a double ground.
First, from the natural pravity of his heart, and the blindness of his mind. Of such the Apostle saith (Eph. 4.18.) They have their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart. And hence he concludes (1 Cor. 2.14.) The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned; spiritual objects must have a spiritual eye to see them.