A35535:1798
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.
There is a three-fold confession; First of faith, that we believe what God hath revealed and promised to do for us. Secondly, of praise, that we thankfully acknowledge what God hath done for us according to his promise. Thirdly, of repentance, that we are heartily sorrowful for and bewail, what we have done against the command of God. We should be ashamed to sin before men, but let us not be ashamed to confess our sinfulness, and (in some cases) our special sins before men. Though we neither impose nor extort particular confessions from men (as the Papists do) yet it is good for men who have been under the afflicting hand of God, and have had great experience of his mercy in raising them ⟨p. 446⟩up, to declare what God hath done both for soul and body, that others may be bettered by their experiences.
There is a three-fold confession; First of faith, that we believe what God hath revealed and promised to doe for us. Secondly, of prayse, that we thankfully acknowledge what God hath done for us according to his promise. Thirdly, of repentance, that we are heartily sorrowfull for and bewayle, what we have done against the command of God. We should be ashamed to sin before men, but let us not be ashamed to confesse our sinfullness, and (in some cases) our speciall sins before men. Though we neither impose nor extort particular confessions from men (as the Papists doe) yet it is good for men who have been under the afflicting hand of God, and have had great experience of his mercy in raising them ⟨p. 446⟩up, to declare what God hath done both for soule and body, that others may be bettered by their experiences.
But I shall not stay upon this, because our translation (which is clear and safe) runs another way, making the antecedent to this he, to be God; He, that is, God looketh upon men, and saith, If any say, I have sinned, and have perverted that which is right, and it profited me not, Then (as it followeth) He will deliver him from going down to the pit, and his life shall see the light. The sense of the context in General, is plain; God looketh upon men, and if he seeth them penitent, he will have mercy upon them, and deliver them, or give them that which is better then bodily deliverance. More distinctly.