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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.
Secondly, Note.
The design and purpose of God in all his ordinances, and providences towards his people is for their good.
The designe and purpose of God in all his ordinances, and providences towards his people is for their good.
All that hath been said before, emptieth it self into these sayings, To keep back his soul from the pit, and to be enlightened with the light of the living. The Lord hath no eye in these works to his own gain, but mans good. The Lord doth not willingly grieve, nor afflict the children of men. (Lam: 3.35.) He taketh no pleasure in it abstractly considered, nor doth he look for any profit by it: Much less doth he it (as it follows, v. 36.) merely to crush under his feet all the prisoners of the earth. All that he expects by it as to himself is to be glorified by all (for himself is above ⟨p. 472⟩all, and therefore designeth himself in all) yet the glory which God hath by man is only the manifestation of his glory, not any addition to it. The benefit which God aims at in afflicting man returns to man. He would have man bettered by affliction, and as soon as man is bettered by affliction, every thing shall go better with him, and he shall be delivered from affliction. (Rom: 8.28.) All things work together for the good of them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. And as all things work together for the good of them, who are the called according to his purpose, so it is the purpose of God that all things should work together for their good, and that is not a successless purpose. Indeed every rod upon the backs of the wicked hath a voice in it, to call them from the pit of death and destruction, and to be enlightened with the light of the living, but God makes this call effectual to all his elect, none of whom shall perish with the world. So that a godly man should be so far from judging himself dealt with as an enemy (as Job in his extremity did) when he is most sorely afflicted, that indeed he may see the love and fatherly care of God in it. All the providential dispensations of God work to glorious ends. Sometimes for the outward good of his people in this life, always for good as to their spiritual and eternal life.