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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.
Fifthly, Be not unwilling to waste and consume your flesh in duty with God; as the flesh consumes in work for God, so in duty with God, in prayer and fasting and self-humbling, these are duties with God. Some are afraid of taking too much pains in these soul-works with God, lest they hurt their bodies, their flesh. We can never lay out our strength, or bring our flesh to a better market, we can never put it off at a higher rate (if it must be put off) then in ways of communion with God. Yet let us remember we have a promise, that our bodies shall thrive as well as our souls, even in those duties of communion with God, which are most expensive and severe to our flesh, prayer with fasting. (Isa: 58.61.) And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones. Which though ⟨p. 356⟩it may have a more spiritual meaning, yet there is a truth in it as to the point in hand. Holy Fasting, which is a soul-fattening duty (as all agree) is under a gracious promise, that it shall also be a body-fattening, yea a bone-fattening duty. Now, though we have a good assurance, that while we are trading with God for the gain and increase of our souls, our bodies shall not waste nor be losers, yet we should be ready to waste and wear off the flesh from our bodies for the gain and increase of our souls.
Fifthly, Be not unwilling to waste and consume your flesh in duty with God; as the flesh consumes in work for God, so in duty with God, in prayer and fasting and selfe-humbling, these are duties with God. Some are afraid of taking too much paines in these soule-workes with God, lest they hurt their bodies, their flesh. We can never lay out our strength, or bring our flesh to a better market, we can never put it off at a higher rate (if it must be put off) then in wayes of communion with God. Yet let us remember we have a promise, that our bodyes shall thrive as well as our soules, even in those duties of communion with God, which are most expensive and severe to our flesh, prayer with fasting. (Isa: 58.61.) And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfie thy soule in drought, and make fat thy bones. Which though ⟨p. 356⟩it may have a more spirituall meaning, yet there is a truth in it as to the poynt in hand. Holy Fasting, which is a soule-fatning duty (as all agree) is under a gracious promise, that it shall also be a body-fatning, yea a bone-fatning duty. Now, though we have a good assurance, that while we are trading with God for the gaine and encrease of our soules, our bodyes shall not waste nor be loosers, yet we should be ready to waste and weare off the flesh from our bodyes for the gaine and encrease of our soules.