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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.
If God hide it from mans eyes, then surely God himself is of purer eyes then to behold it, and be pleased. (Psal: 138.6.) The Lord knoweth the proud afar off; He that meets a spectacle or person which he cannot endure to look upon, avoids it, or turns from it while he is yet afar off; whereas if the object be delightful, he draweth near, and comes as close as he can; when therefore 'tis said, the Lord knoweth a proud man afar off, it shows his disdain of him, He will scarce touch him with a pair of tongs, (as we say) he cannot abide to come near him. He knows well enough how vile he is even at the greatest distance. Pride is the first of those seven things which are an abomination to the Lord, (Prov: 6.17.) And how abominable a thing pride is, may appear further by these six Considerations.
If God hide it from mans eyes, then surely God himselfe is of purer eyes then to behold it, and be pleased. (Psal: 138.6.) The Lord knoweth the proud afar off; He that meets a spectacle or person which he cannot endure to look upon, avoydes it, or turnes from it while he is yet afar off; whereas if the object be delightfull, he draweth neer, and comes as close as he can; when therefore 'tis sayd, the Lord knoweth a proud man afar off, it shews his disdaine of him, He will scarce touch him with a paire of tongs, (as we say) he cannot abide to come neere him. He knows well enough how vile he is even at the greatest distance. Pride is the first of those seven things which are an abomination to the Lord, (Prov: 6.17.) And how abominable a thing pride is, may appeare further by these six Considerations.
First, The folly and Irrationality of pride, renders it odious to God; nothing is more odious to a wise man then folly, how odious then is pride to the most wise God! When Paul did any thing which had but a show of pride in it, though he did it only upon Constraint, yet he calls himself fool for doing it (2 Cor: 12.11.) I am become a fool in glorying, ye have compelled me. Doth not this intimate, that in Pauls opinion, all proud self-gloriers and boasters are fools, that is, such as act below common sense or reason. In the Hebrew language, the same word that signifies boasting and pride, signifies folly and foolishness. The empty vessel yields the greatest sound; and they that make so great a noise of themselves, are usually nothing else but a Great noise themselves, at least they unavoidably raise suspicion of themselves, that they are but empty vessels, or shallow rivers. This was Solomons conclusion (Pro: 25.27.) For men to search their own glory is no glory; that is, a man obscures himself by self-glorying. How foolish, how irrational a thing is it for any man to glory proudly, when as by doing so he obscures that which is the chiefest glory of man as man, his reason; and seems to put himself to the question, whether he be a reasonable creature yea or no.