A35535:1908
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.
'Tis a mercy that God will speak once, or use any means once with us, 'tis mercy that he will speak any one word in any one way, to bring us off from sin; 'tis mercy that he will send one vision, or one affliction, to awaken us out of our security, or one messenger to instruct us once in our duty; but when the Lord is pleased to use several means, and those several means, several times, how doth the abundant mercy and graciousness of God appear in this! And as the mercy of God in general, so the patience of God in special appeareth abundantly in it. The Lord waits to be gracious, he waits the working of this or that means, of a second and third means, and he waits the working of them all over again and again, or oftentimes; here is patience with long-sufferance.
'Tis a mercy that God will speake once, or use any means once with us, 'tis mercy that he will speake any one word in any one way, to bring us off from sin; 'tis mercy that he will send one vision, or one affliction, to awaken us out of our security, or one messenger to instruct us once in our duty; but when the Lord is pleased to use severall meanes, and those severall meanes, severall times, how doth the aboundant mercy and graciousness of God appeare in this! And as the mercy of God in generall, so the patience of God in speciall appeareth aboundantly in it. The Lord waites to be gracious, he waites the working of this or that means, of a second and third meanes, and he waites the working of them all over againe and againe, or oftentimes; here is patience with long-sufferance.
Secondly, Observe.
God will perfect his work, and bring it to an issue with sinful man.
God will perfect his worke, and bring it to an issue with sinfull man.