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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.
Secondly, To cure pride of spirit, Consider what ever man is (as to this world) he cannot be long what he is. He that is high in the world, cannot be long in his worldly heights. He that is rich in the world, cannot be long enjoy his worldly riches; yea knowledge vanisheth; all such kind of knowledge, learning and skill as men now have, is a mere vanishing thing; man, in his highest perfections, is very mutable, and the higher he is, the more mutable he is; what hath he then to be proud of? We have some changes every day, and when a few days are past, we shall come to our great change; our change by death is but a few days off, for the utmost of our days are but few. As man is not to be accounted of by others, so not by himself, because his breath is in his nostrils, and he may quickly perish (Isa: 2.22.) Shall perishing things be proud things? Shall they be lifted up with what they have, who (as to this world) have so little being, that they can scarcely be said to be. By this argument all men are called off from trusting those that are highest in this world (Psal: 146.3.) Their breath goeth forth. And we have the same argument, not to be high in our own thoughts, because our breath goeth forth, and there is an end of us.
Secondly, To cure pride of spirit, Consider what ever man is (as to this world) he cannot be long what he is. He that is high in the world, cannot be long in his worldly heights. He that is rich in the world, cannot be long enjoy his worldly riches; yea knowledge vanisheth; all such kinde of knowledge, learning and skill as men now have, is a meere vanishing thing; man, in his highest perfections, is very mutable, and the higher he is, the more mutable he is; what hath he then to be proud of? We have some changes every day, and when a few dayes are past, we shall come to our great change; our change by death is but a few dayes off, for the utmost of our dayes are but few. As man is not to be accounted of by others, so not by himselfe, because his breath is in his nostrills, and he may quickly perish (Isa: 2.22.) Shall perishing things be proud things? Shall they be lifted up with what they have, who (as to this world) have so little being, that they can scarcely be sayd to be. By this argument all men are called off from trusting those that are highest in this world (Psal: 146.3.) Their breath goeth forth. And we have the same argument, not to be high in our owne thoughts, because our breath goeth forth, and there is an end of us.