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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.
It is as hard a matter to keep back, or hold the mouth in, as it is to keep back a head-strong horse with a bridle. Therefore the Holy Ghost useth that Metaphor (Psal. 39.1.) But saith Job, I will not refrain my mouth, I will not keep it back, let it take its course, I will speak in the bitterness of my spirit. The word imports powerful acting, take it either in the negative or affirmative. When the tongue is kept back, 'tis done by a mighty power of grace, and O how great as well as gracious is that power, which the Lord putteth forth to keep back a poor soul that is going, going apace too, from falling into the pit. He keepeth back His soul from the pit.
It is as hard a matter to keep back, or hold the mouth in, as it is to keep back a head-strong horse with a bridle. Therefore the Holy Ghost useth that Metaphor (Psal. 39.1.) But saith Job, I will not refraine my mouth, I will not keep it back, let it take its course, I will speak in the bitternesse of my spirit. The word imports powerfull acting, take it either in the negative or affirmative. When the tongue is kept back, 'tis done by a mighty power of grace, and O how great as well as gracious is that power, which the Lord putteth forth to keep back a poor soul that is going, going apace too, from falling into the pit. He keepeth back His soul from the pit.
But doth the soul fall into the pit? I answer, first, The soul is often in Scripture (by a Synecdoche) put for the whole man; He keepeth back his soul, that is, he keepeth him from the pit; secondly, possibly 'tis said, he keepeth his soul from the pit, to teach us that man by running on in sin, ruins his best part, it is not only his body, and his skin that he destroyeth by sin, but his very soul. 'Tis a mercy that God telleth us aforehand the worst of that danger, and the greatness of the hazard, or how great a matter we venture upon evil ways and works. He keepeth back his soul from the pit.
But doth the soul fall into the pit? I answer, first, The soul is often in Scripture (by a Synecdoche) put for the whole man; He keepeth back his soul, that is, he keepeth him from the pit; secondly, possibly 'tis said, he keepeth his soul from the pit, to teach us that man by running on in sin, ruines his best part, it is not only his body, and his skin that he destroyeth by sin, but his very soul. 'Tis a mercy that God telleth us aforehand the worst of that danger, and the greatnesse of the hazard, or how great a matter we venture upon evill wayes and workes. He keepeth back his soul from the pit.