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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.
To elect or choose is the work of the will. And to choose what is good, what is right, is a gracious work of a renewed will; as Gods Election of us from Eternity, so our Election of God and the things of God at any time, is a very gracious work.
To elect or chuse is the worke of the will. And to chuse what is good, what is right, is a gracious work of a renewed will; as Gods Election of us from Eternity, so our Election of God and the things of God at any time, is a very gracious worke.
This affirmative act, To choose to us judgement, seems to imply a negative, the rejecting or laying aside of whatsoever is contrary to or a hindrance of Judgement; that is, the laying aside, First, of all animosities or undue heats of spirit; Secondly, of all prejudices and undue prepossessions; Thirdly, of all groundless suspicions and jealousies of the person we have to deal with, we can never choose judgement, till we are clear of all these.
This affirmative act, To chuse to us judgement, seemes to imply a negative, the rejecting or laying aside of whatsoever is contrary to or a hindrance of Judgement; that is, the laying aside, First, of all animosities or undue heates of spirit; Secondly, of all prejudices and undue prepossessions; Thirdly, of all groundlesse suspitions and jealousies of the person we have to deale with, we can never chuse judgement, till we are cleare of all these.
The original word rendered to choose, signifies in the noun, a ⟨p. 507⟩young man, a man in the flower of his age, in the best of his life, when his breasts (as Job spake at the twentieth Chapter) are full of milk, and his bones of marrow; and the reason is given, because our younger time is our choosing time, as to our way in this world; it should be so much more for heaven, or the things of another world. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, saith Solomon (Eccl: 12.1.) Some render those words expressly, In the days of thy elections or chusings; As if he had said, Remember to choose God in thy choosing days, when thou choosest thy calling in which to live, when thou choosest a wife,