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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.
Hence observe, Secondly.
God usually dispenseth or giveth out acts of grace when we repent and turn from sin,1 when we believe and lay hold upon the promise; Then he is gracious.
God usually dispenseth or giveth out acts of grace when we repent and turne from sin,1 when we believe and lay hold upon the promise; Then he is gracious.
- 1Si aegrotus ille monitis illius nuncij paruerit ac proinde resipuerit, tum &c. Pisc:
It is said (Isa. 30.18.) Therefore will the Lord wait that he may be gracious. The Lord hath always a gracious disposition, a gracious nature; he always hath a store and a stock, a rich stock and store of mercy by him; but he doth not always give it forth; no, he waits to be gracious, that is, he waits till we are in ⟨p. 396⟩a fit frame, till we are in a due temper to receive his grace. And because as to the dispensings of grace, God waits to be gracious; therefore many retard and hinder their own good; they are not yet in a frame to receive; their vessel is not yet seasoned to hold mercy. The Lord waited to be gracious to David after his grievous fall, and therefore he did not give Nathan a Commission to say, Thy sin is done away, till Davids heart was broken, and had said (2 Sam: 12.13.) I have sinned against the Lord; But when once that word fell from him, then Nathan declared how gracious the Lord was to him. As soon as David said, I have sinned (that's an act of repentance) presently, Nathan said, the Lord hath done away thy sin, that's an act of grace. When did Ephraim hear a word of comfort from God? The Prophet tells us (Jer: 31.18, 19, 20.) I have heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, (that is, mourning over and bewailing his sin) saying, thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke. We have him there also praying, Turn me, O Lord, and I shall be turned, &c. Upon this, how graciously, how meltingly did the Lord speak? Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still, (or, in remembering I remember him) my bowels are troubled for him, I will surely have mercy on him. Now I will manifest my grace, and acquaint him with my goodness. The Lord was very gracious to Saul afterwards Paul, he sent Ananias to him with a message of mercy, as to restore the sight of his bodily eyes, so to assure him that he should be an instrument in the hand of Christ to open the eyes of many, and a chosen vessel to bear his name before the Gentiles and Kings and the Children of Israel, (