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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
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Fourthly, Is it abominable to boast of what we have done, seeing how much soever we have done, it will appear upon a right and due account, that we have done less then we ought, and are much short of our duty, (Luke 17.10.) When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants, and have done but that which was our duty to do. We can do nothing but what is our duty, but all we do is not the one half of our whole duty, and shall we glory as if we had obliged God by doing more then all!
Fourthly, Is it abominable to boast of what we have done, seeing how much soever we have done, it will appeare upon a right and due account, that we have done lesse then we ought, and are much short of our duty, (Luke 17.10.) When ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, we are unprofitable servants, and have done but that which was our duty to doe. We can doe nothing but what is our duty, but all we doe is not the one halfe of our whole duty, and shall we glory as if we had obliged God by doing more then all!
Fifthly, It is an odious thing for any man to be proud of what he hath done, for God might have done it by another if he pleased. No man is necessary to God, as if his work could not be done unless such a one do it. He hath choice of instruments, and is able to fit those for his business who are most unfit of themselves. It is matter of thankfulness that God will call and use us to do him any service, and enable us to do it; God could have put his talent into another mans hand; the riches, the power, the wisdom, the learning, the parts which thou actest by, he could have put it into other hands; he can make the dumb to speak, as well as the greatest speaker; He can make an Idiot, a Dunce, knowing and learned, as well as the most knowing among the learned. Therefore the learned, the eloquent, have no reason to be proud, but much to be thankful; He can make the weakest to do as much as the strongest; therefore the strongest have no reason to be proud, but much to be thankful; He can raise Children to Abraham out of the stones of the street; therefore the Jews must not be proud, or think that God is beholding to them for being his people; He can ordain strength and his own praise out of the mouths of babes and sucklings (Psal: 8.2. Math: 21, 16.) therefore the wise and prudent have no reason to be proud, but much to be thankful. O remember, It is of Gods vouchsafement not of our desert, that we are admitted to his service.