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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.
The Lord may, and doth take liberty to afflict those grievously, who have not sinned greatly.
There is no man liveth and sinneth not, yet every man is not (in strict sense) a sinner, that is, a great sinner, a rebel, a worker of iniquity; yet the Lord when 'tis needful giveth them great wounds, who have not (comparatively) sinned greatly. Though no sin should be little in our eye, yet there are degrees of sin, and some are less then others in the eye both of God and man. Elihu chargeth Job, not as saying he had no sin, but because he complained his wounds were great, though his sins were not; or that there was not a due proportion between his offence and his punishment, his sins and his sufferings.
There is no man liveth and sinneth not, yet every man is not (in strict sense) a sinner, that is, a great sinner, a rebell, a worker of iniquity; yet the Lord when 'tis needfull giveth them great wounds, who have not (comparatively) sinned greatly. Though no sin should be little in our eye, yet there are degrees of sin, and some are lesse then others in the eye both of God and man. Elihu chargeth Job, not as saying he had no sin, but because he complained his wounds were great, though his sins were not; or that there was not a due proportion between his offence and his punishment, his sins and his sufferings.
Hence note, Fourthly.