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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 note.
First. As it is always our duty to wait on God, so sometimes on men.
First. As it is alwayes our duty to waite on God, so sometimes on men.
We should wait, First, to see what men will do for us; we should wait, Secondly, to hear what men have to say to us; we should wait for counsel, for comfort, for instruction• for conviction. We should wait, Thirdly, to perform duty, and to do good to men. Thus God is pleased to wait upon (his creature) man, (Isa. 30.18.) Therefore will I wait to be gracious; As God waiteth to bestow acts of grace on man, so man should wait to perform offices of love and respect to man, or to give him advice, help and assistance, as his case and needs require.
We should waite, First, to see what men will doe for us; we should waite, Secondly, to heare what men have to say to us; we should waite for counsell, for comfort, for instruction• for conviction. We should waite, Thirdly, to performe duty, and to doe good to men. Thus God is pleased to waite upon (his creature) man, (Isa. 30.18.) Therefore will I waite to be gracious; As God waiteth to bestow acts of grace on man, so man should waite to performe offices of love and respect to man, or to give him advice, helpe and assistance, as his case and needs require.