A35535:1885
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.
1There is somewhat peculiar in that expression, he worketh. The native sense of the word, implieth; First, a willing work, not forced or constrained. Secondly, a full and complete work, not an essay or offer, not a work begun only, but carried on to perfection. The wicked are called workers of iniquity, (Psal: 5.5.) because they are free and ready to sin, they have a strong tide and bent of spirit to do evil, and they do it not to halves but throughly; they do not only begin or nibble at the bait a little (as a good man often doth) but greedily swallow it down hook and all; they are fully in it, and do it fully, they make a work of it, and so are workers of iniquity. The Lord doth good, as the wicked do evil; All these things worketh God, He worketh them willingly, he worketh them completely, (Isa: 26.12.) Lord thou wilt ordain peace for us, for thou also hast wrought all our works in us; Thou art the Author and finisher of them. We are invited (Psal: 46.8.) to come and behold the works of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. The building works, and the desolating works of God, whether respecting persons or nations, are perfect works. Lo, all these things worketh God.
1There is somewhat peculiar in that expression, he worketh. The native sence of the word, implyeth; First, a willing worke, not forced or constrained. Secondly, a full and compleat worke, not an essay or offer, not a worke begun only, but carried on to perfection. The wicked are called workers of iniquity, (Psal: 5.5.) because they are free and ready to sin, they have a strong tyde and bent of spirit to doe evill, and they doe it not to halves but throughly; they doe not only begin or nibble at the baite a little (as a good man often doth) but greedily swallow it downe hooke and all; they are fully in it, and doe it fully, they make a worke of it, and so are workers of iniquity. The Lord doth good, as the wicked doe evill; All these things worketh God, He worketh them willingly, he worketh them compleatly, (Isa: 26.12.) Lord thou wilt ordaine peace for us, for thou also hast wrought all our workes in us; Thou art the Author and finisher of them. We are invited (Psal: 46.8.) to come and behold the workes of the Lord, what desolations he hath made in the earth. The building workes, and the desolating workes of God, whether respecting persons or nations, are perfect workes. Lo, all these things worketh God.