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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.
Which yet some expound more spiritually, of the Spirit of God discovering the vanity and mutability of all earthly things to the soul, for that presently causeth the gayest and best of them to wither or be as a withered flower before our eyes. In which sense David said (Psal: 119.•6.) I have seen an end of all perfection. Take flesh in the largest sense, and 'tis a consuming thing; The fashion (or scheme) of the world passeth away, and so doth the fashion of all ⟨p. 354⟩those perfections, or most perfect enjoyments, which are but of a worldly birth and extraction. Flesh under every form is a fading thing, especially the flesh of the best-formed face & body of man. Whence take these six inferences. If the flesh the fairest outside of man be a fading thing, then
Which yet some expound more spiritually, of the Spirit of God discovering the vanity and mutability of all earthly things to the soule, for that presently causeth the gayest and best of them to wither or be as a withered flower before our eyes. In which sense David sayd (Psal: 119.•6.) I have seene an end of all perfection. Take flesh in the largest sense, and 'tis a consuming thing; The fashion (or scheame) of the world passeth away, and so doth the fashion of all ⟨p. 354⟩those perfections, or most perfect enjoyments, which are but of a worldly birth and extraction. Flesh under every forme is a fading thing, especially the flesh of the best-form'd face & body of man. Whence take these six inferences. If the flesh the fairest outside of man be a fading thing, then
First, Be not desirous, much less ambitious, to make a fair show in the flesh; for it may prove but a vain show, and at last, not so much as a show. Flesh may so consume away, that it cannot be seen. When the Apostle tells us of some, who desire to make a fair show in the flesh (Gal: 6.12.) he specially means it of those that brave it and boast themselves in the outward part of religion, and would appear much in the form; 'Tis a most vain thing to desire, to make a fair show in the flesh of spiritual things, as hypocrites and formalists do; And 'tis a very vain thing to desire to make a fair show in the flesh of corporal things, as proud and vain-glorious men love to do. Many desire to make a fair show in the flesh of their bodies, they love to have fair faces, and fair skins, to be fairly dressed and decked, is a great part of their care. But take heed of desiring to make a fair show in this or in any thing that is called flesh. For when you have done all, flesh will be a nothing; And after you have bestowed much cost upon the flesh of this body, that it may be seen, a sickness may come and consume it, that it cannot be seen.